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Re: Epoxy: what brands do you prefer
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/31/2010, 12:19 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: what brands do you prefer (Mike Bielski)

: Being from Gougeon's hometown, of course I use West. I like how
: thoroughly they test their product and publish the results.

: As for tint- they changed the formula last fall and it no longer
: has the tint. I haven't tried any yet, but the tech guys say it
: looks a bit blue to them. I didn't like the "warm natural
: spar varnish" color of the old 207 because to me it had a
: greenish tint, not a warm yellow. Of course, if it's naturally
: blue and they added yellow, voila= green. The bluish tint will
: look a lot better on carbon fiber than yellow for sure. This is
: something that may not bother or be noticeable to most people,
: but valuable information for those that it will bother because
: you must be really picky.

: I used US composites brand and it was a little more viscous, but
: really sticky, and didn't stay on vertical surfaces as well as
: West. It also smelled stronger and melted the plastic cups I
: mixed it in, whereas the West didn't.

: m

Hi Mike,

Last batch I've used was kinda green colored. This is much like working with polyester, wondering what color the resin will be :)

Bill H.

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Epoxy: what brands do you prefer
Terry -- 3/29/2010, 7:57 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/4/2010, 7:55 am
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fadedred -- 4/4/2010, 8:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/5/2010, 2:02 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/4/2010, 7:21 pm
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fadedred -- 4/5/2010, 6:07 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 4/3/2010, 10:35 am
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Charles Robinson -- 3/31/2010, 9:57 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/31/2010, 2:01 pm
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eric -- 3/31/2010, 2:48 pm
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John VanBuren -- 3/31/2010, 10:34 am
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Dennis -- 3/30/2010, 10:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2010, 12:23 am
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Jay Babina -- 3/30/2010, 8:50 am
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Pedro Almeida -- 3/30/2010, 3:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2010, 12:21 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/30/2010, 1:41 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/30/2010, 9:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2010, 12:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/31/2010, 1:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2010, 12:15 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/30/2010, 10:01 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/30/2010, 1:11 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/30/2010, 4:32 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/30/2010, 9:32 am
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Kirk Briggs -- 3/29/2010, 8:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2010, 12:48 am