Where do you get your epoxy resin??

[woody]

New store just opened in Nokomis, Fl.   Nice people trying to get a business going selling fiberglass supplies. Seem very knowledgeable and eager to please. I had just finished a project and used Fiberlay ( previously Fiberglass Services) in Sarasota. I'll try these guys next time. Right across the street from Capt. Eddies restaurant on 41..

[gran398]

Woody, good deal, let's support them. Please post a link to their site. Thanks

[RickK]

Hey Woody - where ya been?
I'll have to go down there and check them out - I get a discount at Fiberlay but if I need epoxy I will definitely check that place out, Fiberlay's epoxy prices are super high.

[woody]

Hey Rick, I just built a litte 16' pirogue (wood, of course) . I didn't find this place til I had finished the glass work. Gram, I'll get more info and post a link. They claim to be cheaper and have better products, plus much handier for me.

[RickK]

Someone else just menioned them too - said they'd match prices of US Composites - saves shipping costs.  
Wish they were there when I was buying all that stuff.  

pirogue

 Isn't that something you eat  
Got any pics?

[orb]

I am piddeling with my 240 these days. I have so many other projects going it is hard to get time to work on it. I have a 19' sundance, flatbottom center console flats boat that I fish out of now. If I want to go, I find myself working on that one, just to keep it going.

Anyway, I think I have previously said, epoxy is superior to vinylester and polyester is not even in the same ballpark. If I am taking the time to tear something down, grind it, clean it up, and try to ensure that it is going to last , I will use vinylester. If I am going to all that trouble, no way will I use poly. It just will not adhere as well, and the price difference between poly and vinyl is not that great. Now epoxy , on the other hand is much more expensive.
I bought all my glass and coosa stuff from Composites One. They have a warehouse on Valdosta, where my business is, so it is easy to get it from them. I just created a business account, using my business, that does not do fiberglass work, but they do not even ask that. I set it up as pay with a card when I pick stuff up, and they are very easy to deal with. There are several boat manufactures within 30-75 miles of Valdosta, so the warehouse here distrubutes to Carolina skiff, sundance,  Chaparral, and  Robalo. The composites one website does not show a location in Valdosta, but they have a warehouse here. You may search composites one, and a city near you, Tampa, ST PETE, or something. I am sure they have a warehouse somewhere down there. The site does show a location in Lakeland fl.

Oliver

[RickK]

I went down to Pro Marine Supplies today and met Mike and Matt - nice guys and Mike has a ton of rebuilding experience.  I bought some bonding putty and Epoxy and a few odds and sods. We may see them around here more often.  Thanks for the Heads up Woody and also Florida196 - I think Mike knows who you are and was talking about you getting supplies and mentioning the site.