Joker
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- La Porte, Indiana
Since fx1's are all fiberglass and not smc, can you use polyester resin or should i just stick with epoxy?
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FX-1 Using polyester resin on an FX1
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schicks
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- West Michigan
You can definitely use polyester resin on the fx1, but you get what you pay for. Epoxy resin has a better secondary bonding strength than polyester. Plus polyester resin fumes are terrible compared to epoxy
Joker
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- La Porte, Indiana
Just wondering. I had a quart of polyester sitting on the shelf that needs used. Im almost through all of my epoxy.
Polyester as mentioned would not be the ideal choice for a repair, especially if it has been sitting on the shelf. Vinylester would be a better choice and it has very good secondary bonding characteristics.
I use vinylester for polyester and vinylester repairs, and epoxy for smc repairs. Plus epoxy has a very long shelf life compared to other resins.
I use vinylester for polyester and vinylester repairs, and epoxy for smc repairs. Plus epoxy has a very long shelf life compared to other resins.
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- Brigantine, NJ
I've had good luck with poly, vinyl, and epoxy on the FX......never a problem with any of them. However, if you have a serious bonding stress situation, give yourself every advantage and use epoxy. If you are doing some basic mods that aren't under large bonding stress, use whatever you want.
Joker
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- La Porte, Indiana
Im just laying some 1208 and 1.5 mat reinforcement on gunwhales of the tray. I am able to push it in with my just my hand which i didnt like so im just doing a bit of reinforcement.
Joker
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- La Porte, Indiana
Back to this subject. Im laying up my tray using a combo of 1208 biax and 8.9 oz E glass. Whats left on the gunwhales and the tray is 1208 layed up with epoxy resin. Can I use vinyl ester resin? I know its not as strong but it is kinda close in strength. And its 45 for a gallon kit of vinyl ester and 70 for a gallon kit of fast epoxy. What are your guys thoughts?
you can use vinyl but for $35ish i would go with epoxy hands down.
tom21
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- clearwater FL
I agree with all the previous comments. its all good advice. In the end I would just suck it up and get the epoxy. its not like you wont find a use for it somewhere, sometime.
epoxy-its the multipurpose tool. make parts with vinyl and bond with epoxy.
epoxy-its the multipurpose tool. make parts with vinyl and bond with epoxy.
@tomski
Since you used epoxy for the previous work you should just use epoxy again. You could also use vinylester to make the tray and then bond with epoxy.
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Joker
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- La Porte, Indiana
Im just going to sack up and buy epoxy.