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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener),
and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
look under "plastics" in the Yellow Pages
DREAMINOFWATER ) writes: I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener), and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
See http://www.westsystem.com/.../dealer...ational/canada...
DREAMINOFWATER wrote: I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener), and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
Also http://www.noahsmarine.com/
Jim Conlin wrote: See http://www.westsystem.com/.../dealer...ational/canada... DREAMINOFWATER wrote: I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener), and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
Online.... The best price for you dollar can be found at
http://www.epoxyproducts.com/1_marineresins.html . The next best price is www.Raka.com I have used both and both are quality products. Kevin DREAMINOFWATER wrote in message . .. I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener), and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
I get good 1:1 epoxy at Smithcraft on Lakeshore Blvd. West here in
Toronto. They have all kinds of fiberglass as well, and all necessary "extras". West System is fine, but expensive by comparison. Unless you are working indoors, it's too cold to glass until spring. And I wouldn't glass indoors, as the fumes are pretty strong! R. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 06:47:56 GMT, DREAMINOFWATER wrote: I live in southern Ontario, bout 1 hour west of Toronto (kitchener), and I was wondering, WHERE THE HELL CAN I FIND EPOXY DEALERS HERE????? any info would be appreciated. |
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"rhys" wrote in message
... I get good 1:1 epoxy at Smithcraft on Lakeshore Blvd. West here in Toronto. They have all kinds of fiberglass as well, and all necessary "extras". West System is fine, but expensive by comparison. Unless you are working indoors, it's too cold to glass until spring. And I wouldn't glass indoors, as the fumes are pretty strong! Fumes? from epoxy? Meindert |
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"Meindert Sprang" ) writes:
Fumes? from epoxy? California has environmental laws which prohibit releasing fumes from curing resins into the atmosphere. Boat shops have to have elaborate ventilation systems. Some have left the state. Someone has developed a dry vacuum bagging process to contain the fumes from curing resins. The hull is vacuum bagged dry and the resin is pumped in so it is never in contact with the atmosphere. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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WHERE TO FIND EPOXY
A bit off target.
Epoxy fumes are negligible and not, to my knowledge, affected by any air quality regulations in California or elsewhere. Polyester amd vinylester resins, when used in open molds, give off significant amounts of styrene vapors. This is the distinctive smell of these resins. Air quality regulations in California and more broadly are greatly reducing permissible levels of emission of styrene and other solvents for all but the very smallest commercial boat builders. Some quality-oriented builders (e.g., Tartan) have switched to epoxies, while others are switching to a process called infusion. In a typical infusion process, the reinforcement materials are laid up dry in an open mold, then covered with a vacuum bag. In a small part, a vacuum is drawn from one end of the part while catalyzed resin is supplied, at atmospheric pressure, to the other end. The resin is drawn across the part, wetting out the reinforcements. When the part is fully infused, the resin supply is closed, and the vacuum compacts the layup for the duration of the cure. A byproduct of this method is that, once the process is debugged, quality levels are improved over the wet-layup process, with fewer boids and higher glass-resin ratios. Production boatbuilders, particularly those whose price-quality position can't justify the benefits of epoxy, really have no choice but to go this way. For one-off amateur builders, I've only heard of infusion being used by a few ambitious multihullers. "William R. Watt" wrote: "Meindert Sprang" ) writes: Fumes? from epoxy? California has environmental laws which prohibit releasing fumes from curing resins into the atmosphere. Boat shops have to have elaborate ventilation systems. Some have left the state. Someone has developed a dry vacuum bagging process to contain the fumes from curing resins. The hull is vacuum bagged dry and the resin is pumped in so it is never in contact with the atmosphere. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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