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Can you put Vinnylester Resin on top of Epoxy? I did a repair with epoxy for strength reasons and I am wondering if I can put Vinnylester on top of the repairs.

Thanks
Jon

no

Depends on how quickly you are planning on selling it. :D

no- but you can put epoxy on cured glass.

Bummer. Not a big deal I will just have to use more Epoxy. I was trying to avoid it to keep the costs down plus I do not like to work with the Epoxy.

Jon

what epoxy are you using and why dont you like it. just curious :cool:

Dave I was using West System. First it is VERY thick. So it takes a while to soak into the glass. Second it takes FOR EVER to dry in comparison to Poly or Vinnylester. It is VERY hard to get all the air bubbles up to the top.

Jon

West system over glass, not the other way around.
Epoxy is the best to attach bulkheads to sides, super strength and flexable.
B3

Mr. Bravo that is kind of what I do but I put down a wet coat first. It helps a lot with the glass soaking up faster.

Jon

I use a cheap brush to apply epoxy to suface, then stick cloth, then dab with juice till soaked, can follow with roller if you have one. In my design of my restoration of my Carver for the bahama runs we desided to epoxy bulkheads to sids. That is it. all else is Glass. Alot of flexing on sides,hence a super strong flexable tab to hull sides.
Ps, But I glass tab to hull and stringers from bulheads.
Nuts Eh. But it works, I have busted more tabbing from sides to bulkhead in the past to learn.
B3:confused:

i've foudn i preffer to work epoxy. vinnylester STINKS!!!!!

Oh yeah, good luck!

Kurt from cheesland

Thanks MR B

Puder yes Vinnylester does stink for sure!!! However it has a lot of benifiets over polyester and cure time and workability is a LOT better then Epoxy IMO.

Jon

hey Jon have you you might try some of the low viscosity epoxies from U.S composites. its a bit more cost effective than West System also. heres a link.

US composites epoxy page

you can also get it in slow, medium, and fast cures. i have had great luck with products from these guys.

Thanks Glass. I know the west is expensive but it was all I could get on a Sunday.