I don't know if you have been following all the threads on this board as well as you have been reading magazines, but there was a thread last week which brought you, and your test-panel testing machine to mind. The Thag-O-Mizer I believe it was called.

Check out the thread starting about :

http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi/noframes/read/161925

An epoxy chemist, Gerald Lapuz, has offered to supply some samples of some of his products for use and testing. If your testing equipment is still up and running I'm hoping you"ll offer to put the samples through their paces.

PGJ