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Please elaborate on Industrial Formulators and East System.
Thank you. Ron Alexander wrote: Don't forget Industrial Formulators (the cold cure allows us Canuks to work year round) and East System (for finish coat) "Brian McCafferty" wrote in message .com... I guess I should have said I plan to offer Epoxies on my web site not Kits for Canoes. I have been selling fiberglass, Kevlar, and Polyester and other resins now in large and small quantities since 2001. My website is very Familiar to most everyone here "I would assume" and its being redesigned for a January of February launch date. I'll be offering Epoxies, Abrasives, Safety Equipment, Laminating Tools, Chopper and Spray Guns, Adhesives, Partall mold release Products and More.. I just wanted to know what you all thought would be a good epoxies to offer on the new improved website. The ones I've considered, without getting into pouring off from drums is MAS, West, Raka and System 3. What do you guys think would be a good general purpose Epoxies for Canoes and Boat repair. I get a lot of people buying the plans elsewhere then buying the 60" cloth from my company. I have been sending my glass customers elsewhere for epoxies such as Raka. Now that I'll be offering epoxies to customer direct I want to make sure that I have proven product that will satisfy my existing customers and future ones. I want to make sure its a good reliable product. I'm leaning towards MAS because of the low Viscosity and their distributor pricing is more attractive and should be lower in price for the end user. Any Thoughts? Thanks for your help. Brian |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:19:10 GMT, Brian Nystrom
wrote: When you send an email to a company with the topic of "quote please" then "second request quote please" ETC and your asking for a quote on a multi thousand dollar order you EXPECT a responce if I was talking about a request for 5$ worth of crud I wouldn't be quite soi ****ed about being blown off for the quote request Just to clarify.......... If you would please send me an overall quote and a seperated quote (per item) biaxial 45/45 12oz no matt tape 6" 510 yards woven tape 9oz 4" 50 yards biaxial 45/45 12 oz no matt fabric 50" 70 yards phenolic microballons 5lb wood flour: 20 lb 50/50 pine maple silica: 3 lb epoxy 30 gallons (kit total) TIA Rick The above was the quote request That's interesting, as everyone I know who's dealt with Raka has said that Larry is very helpful and responsive. I've heard nothing but good things about his products, too. Time Walker wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:24:42 -0500, "Brian McCafferty" wrote: Dont Bother even considering raka their support is for **** I sent them 5 emails for a price quote and got back exactly 0 replies This is a digital age if you put an email address on your website you better damn sure answer them or you will get NON-customers like me who will NEVER buy from you |
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I have heard from several boat builders and from Noah's Marine
http://www.noahsmarine.com/ that the East System http://www.epoxytech.com/English-intro.htm is best for the final coat due to it's excellent self leveling properties and that Industrial Formulators http://www.indform.com/ is the best all around epoxy (especially famous in the Northern regions) See http://www.oneoceankayaks.com/Epoxyhtm/epox12m.htm for more opinions and some testing (not sure of test procedure or repeatability) Best practice would be to conduct your own tests for your application and keep testing annually as products can and do change often dramatically. HTH p.s. It looks like the rumour of System 3 buying IF is true. p.p.s Rumour has it that East is being bought by MAS but I have not "Courtney Thomas,,," wrote in message ... Please elaborate on Industrial Formulators and East System. Thank you. Ron Alexander wrote: Don't forget Industrial Formulators (the cold cure allows us Canuks to work year round) and East System (for finish coat) "Brian McCafferty" wrote in message .com... I guess I should have said I plan to offer Epoxies on my web site not Kits for Canoes. I have been selling fiberglass, Kevlar, and Polyester and other resins now in large and small quantities since 2001. My website is very Familiar to most everyone here "I would assume" and its being redesigned for a January of February launch date. I'll be offering Epoxies, Abrasives, Safety Equipment, Laminating Tools, Chopper and Spray Guns, Adhesives, Partall mold release Products and More.. I just wanted to know what you all thought would be a good epoxies to offer on the new improved website. The ones I've considered, without getting into pouring off from drums is MAS, West, Raka and System 3. What do you guys think would be a good general purpose Epoxies for Canoes and Boat repair. I get a lot of people buying the plans elsewhere then buying the 60" cloth from my company. I have been sending my glass customers elsewhere for epoxies such as Raka. Now that I'll be offering epoxies to customer direct I want to make sure that I have proven product that will satisfy my existing customers and future ones. I want to make sure its a good reliable product. I'm leaning towards MAS because of the low Viscosity and their distributor pricing is more attractive and should be lower in price for the end user. Any Thoughts? Thanks for your help. Brian |
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Brian McCafferty" writes: I'm looking for opinions on what is the best Epoxy for general boat repair and Cedar strip Canoe kits? I'm going to sell them on a website that has been in existence for over 2 years and I am expanding the product line. snip When it comes to laminating resin, snot is snot, just stick with one manufacturer. If you expect to make any money, you buy 500 lb drums and repackage it yourself. There are only about 4-5 base resin suppliers in the world. The money is not in the resin, it's in the hardeners. Again, repackaging hardeners is where your money will be made. Having said that, you now address a whole series of issues including equipment, storage, liability, etc, which will impact your margins. If you are going to sell kits, you also have to repackage fillers. Good money if you do it right, but fillers are a basic PITA. What about glass? Repackage from rolls? Don't forget, glass has a shelf life. What about supplies? Disposable suits, gloves, spreaders, plastic buckets, etc, etc. Somebody has to sell them for these kits. What about abrasives? Somebody has to sell them for these kits. I won't even go near the wood part of this project, but a similar series of questions exist. HTH ----------------------------- issues to consider: how brittle? Does it blush? exotherm - will it melt the mixing cup or smoke (exotherm varies with each epoxy) Viscosity? hazmat or non hazmat to ship? can be private labeled? Mix ratio (the closer the numbers the better)? Price (of course)? email support -good test - as to be faxed/mailed or emailed an MSDS for the resin in cure. Everyone in the 'chemicals' business considers MSDS requests a 'pain in the ass' so if they respond back, and respond quickly, you probably have a vendor that will provide support even when he knows a request for MSDS is some one shopping or comparing (or even a competitor) and will probably not lead to a sale. Email a question on Friday night and see if you get a response before monday! - my pet peeve is websites with no product prices. I also find many epoxy sites confusing when you need to buy the curing agent and the resin separately instead of as a kit (and I'm in the business). RE other folks comments: There are about 3 or 4 different epoxy resins and about 60 or 70 different curing agents (plus other possible fillers, additives,etc) Some of the small cheap vendors buy in bulk from the 3 or 4 raw resin/curing agent suppliers (generally giant international chem companies) - repackage and resell. We, and the other 'primary' marine epoxy vendors, use the 'raw' resins/curing agents for the big suppliers and then 'doctor' them to create the so-called 'greatest' marine epoxy. ( as much art as it is science) - sort of like 'fixing' the frozen pizza from the supermarket! Cheers! paul ================================================== ===== PAUL OMAN ----- Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. Frog Pond Hollow - 48 Wildwood Dr - Pittsfield NH 03263 Boating site: http://www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html ================================================== ====== |