: When I chose to build from plans I have a friend in the boat repair business.
: The plan was to save a buck getting supplies wholesale. This isn't working
: out too well. My West System epoxy I got from him was a deal for West
: System. But that stuff is more expensive than the MAS I can get from CLC.
: Now the cloth I got is 3 times more expensive that what CLC offers. I was
: happy with what I got from CLC. Is there a reason for the high cost of the
: other stuff? Are there higher quality brands that we don't need?

: Kim

West Epoxy's brand of glass for some reason tends to be very pricy compared to other sources. Their quality control is better which may be the reason. With the cheaper brands it's not uncommon to have little "pulls" in the weave and the weave and the threads the weave is composed of may not be real consistant, which West's is. Depends on what you're doing with the glass on how consistant it needs to be. For our use (usually) little problems with the weave aren't a problem, for something like racing boats or maybe aircraft they need very consistant cloth for the minimum weights they are trying to achieve while maintaining the required strengths.

Bill H.