All the vendors offer a line of products. The west "system" is just
more marketing hype.

And if you need to thin epoxy to make it penetrate just add a little
alcohol. Don't pay extra for diluted epoxy that is special
"penetrating" epoxy. More marketing bs.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote:
I use US Composites. Fwiw, west and none of these brands, us
composits included, actually make epoxy. They just package it. Giant
chemical companies like Dupont are the ones that actually make epoxy.
So I shop for price and us composites is far cheapr than west. And I
have used their products on a number of projects and it has performed
well in every case. Dealers of course don't care as much about price
because they just add it to your bill.


JimH wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:39:56 -0400, "oelf92"
wrote:

I'm looking for a epoxy resin I have heard some good things about both the
MAS and WEST SYSTEM... Any input? Or just preference?

THanks
I have some experience with West and at one point in my life, actually
built a small boat using their cold mold system. Worked like a champ.
I know that my dealership uses West System products for all their
'glass work.


Same here. I used it this spring to repair some fiberglass damage and it
worked great.


You are paying extra for West Systems vs. generic epoxy, but you know
the different products are all compatible. Unless I was very
knowledgeable about the forumlas I would be hesitant to start combining
fillers and additives from different mfg'ers just to save a few bucks.