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Where do you buy your supplies?
First the disclaimer: I do sell building materials on my site but it's
through another vendor so the material sales/revenue aren't mine. That being said, where does everyone buy their epoxy and fiberglass? What's the reason you buy there? Price? Brand? Service? This is for my personal curiosity and little market research. Thanks -- Matt Langenfeld JEM Watercraft http://jem.e-boat.net/ |
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Where do you buy your supplies?
"Matt Langenfeld" writes: First the disclaimer: I do sell building materials on my site but it's through another vendor so the material sales/revenue aren't mine. That being said, where does everyone buy their epoxy and fiberglass? What's the reason you buy there? Price? Brand? Service? I buy 200+ lb rolls of glass and 500 lb drums of epoxy resin from suppliers who deal in those quantities at competitive prices. -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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Where do you buy your supplies?
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message hlink.net... I buy 200+ lb rolls of glass and 500 lb drums of epoxy resin from suppliers who deal in those quantities at competitive prices. Same here. I am a hobby builder with Polyester resin (and some epoxy) and while in the midst of building, from bare hull, I was using a drum of resin a year. Intially I had diffuculty getting in from (formerly) Tacoma Fiberglass, until I got a business license.. However they were purchased by an outfit in Calif. and there just wasn't any price brakes for my quantities. I then shifted my business to FiberLay of Seattle. They pruchase their product in bulk and package it for are both wholesale and retail under their own label. The prices were competative with the former Tacoma Fiberglass but with a more convenient store front atmosphere. I might add that that both sources were staffed by people who had actually worked with fiberglass in production and were willing to share their knowledge with the customer.. Many times they would spend a half hour going through an explaination or mini instructional on how to do something. I purchased enough glass cloth, mat, roving and bia-axial in rolls to last me through this project and another. I got this all for a $1/lb from a shop going out of business. I also purchased my filler material, micro balloons, etc. chopped strand, etc in bulk since it is much cheaper that way. Same with acetone, at $35/5gal. (seems like only a couple years ago that it was $15/5gal). -- My opinion and experience. FWIW Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Where do you buy your supplies?
Matt,
I've been buying my epoxy from FGCI (www.fgci.com) and my cloth, tape, and fillers from Raka (www.raka.com). I shop around regularly, but their prices and quality are the best going right now. |
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Where do you buy your supplies?
Hi, I get my supplies from:Advantage Epoxy Composites
http://www.advantagecomposites.com Fantastic Service,Quality and Prices!! Thanks!! WoodBoatLover |
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