Re: Old Debate Revisited - Poly -v- Expoxy - which??
I used about 12 gallons of epoxy to do my boat and if I had to do it again I would use EPOXY all over again. I don’t consider myself a boat builder I became a boat re builder to get what I wanted which is a 1977 23’ SeaCraft. The stuff works great especially when you don’t know what the heck you are doing especially when it comes to drying time. The only concern one would have is if you are planning to re gel coat over epoxy. Some epoxies and gel coats don’t marry well. I used West Epoxy which is not cheep but will work with gel coat for those that wish to use gel coat. I painting every thing so it didn’t make any difference. Most guys would say for new construction you can use polyester or vinyl ester but for re doing stuff use epoxy, for me since I am a better fisherman that a boat builder, EPOXY is the only way to go for everything.
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