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Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 1/25/2002, 2:20 am
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion? (Don Beale)

: Larry at Raka tells me that I could use laquer thinner on his standard resin
: for a similar effect. From what Ive read, it's not quite the same as CPES,
: but it does penetrate the surface quite a bit better than standard resin.

Yes, this is true. Or you could use acetone, MEK, MIBK, xylene, toluene, IPA, butanol or any of a lot of other organic solvents. But a home-brewed blend won't perform as well as an engineered blend. The CPES guys have been working on this formulation for decades, and the current blend has 18 different solvents at different concentrations. CPES does penetrate far better than any of the other engineered blends out there. I did a quick-and-dirty comparison of 4 penetrating epoxies before I settled on CPES for the log house museum renovation. The writeup of the Rot Doctor's own homebrewed testing is at the link below. There is no standard ASTM test for this, it's basically uncharted water. The test results were not faked, and they are in line with what I observed independently. Take a look:

CPES Comparison Test

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Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/23/2002, 4:44 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Severne -- 1/24/2002, 6:01 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/24/2002, 7:36 pm
I Wonder....
Ted Henry -- 1/24/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: I Wonder....
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 8:50 pm
Re: I Wonder....
Severne -- 1/25/2002, 5:22 pm
Hey Mr. Engineer guy,
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 7:42 pm
Re: Hey Mr. Engineer guy,
Severne -- 1/28/2002, 11:19 am
Hey, I can break 'em with the best...
Pete Rudie -- 1/29/2002, 12:17 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 7:59 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:16 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Joe -- 1/25/2002, 6:38 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/26/2002, 11:36 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/25/2002, 9:58 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 11:04 am
Oops, I goofed...
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Don Beale -- 1/24/2002, 7:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 2:20 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion? *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 12:37 pm
Ok, Pete. Could you explain CPES? *NM*
Bill Price -- 1/24/2002, 3:54 pm
Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 7:27 pm
Re: CPES
KenC -- 1/25/2002, 12:48 am
Re: CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 2:03 am
Pete is Right On The Money about CPES *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 1/25/2002, 3:15 am
Re: You shouldn't have posted that picture
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:14 am
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 4:24 am
Re: Pete - CPES as a seal coat - Will Try It
Joe Greenley -- 1/25/2002, 11:56 am
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:20 am
Re: Borates and Wood deterioration....
John B. -- 1/25/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Borates and Wood deterioration....
John B. -- 1/25/2002, 7:34 pm
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 10:55 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/24/2002, 2:12 pm