Bob La Londe wrote:

I ran into a fellow at a guns how in Vegas a couple years ago. He had
soemthing interesting. An epoxy and carbon fiber brief case they made made
in their shop. I asked him about his choice of epoxy instead of polyester,
and he said that the epoxy had a problem with sunlight, but they were able
to make a much more durable product with epoxy from every other perspective.
I asked him abotu the UV issue, and he claimed they used a UV blocker
additive int eh epoxy that should totally eliminate the problem. Any idea
what that might have been? It looked like clear epoxy over carbon fiber
fabric.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com


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There is no real UV blocker that can be added to epoxies - if there was
- everyone in my business would have lots more $$$. There are UV blocker
additives that can go in clear acrylic coatings and LPU urethanes but
note that they almost never are added (with only a few exceptions).

Varnish over clear epoxy works well as a UV blocker too!

paul oman
progressive epoxy polymers

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