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Originally Posted by CHANCE1234
I've never used epoxy before so this will be a good piece to tactics on despite it being about twice as much, at least I'll learn something. Thank you very much!!
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I will throw this out there because I always do.
Mertons sells a nice vinylester epoxy. It has equivalent or better mechanical properties to a "conventional"epoxy. It seems even better than some. But the cure system is like polyester. MEKP and cobalt. And it wets out mat and you can thin it with styrene monomer. It is also said to stick to "conventional" epoxies and polyester. It certainly has for me. And some sailboat guys use it for just that. The formulation he sells is very thin- good for infusion. It is also quite reactive- it will gel in sunlight withou MEKP.
People think it is like polyester because of the styrene smell but vinylester is the short name. Generally it is listed as an epoxy- vinylester epoxy.
So that's an option
I have posted extensively on this before- with a bunch of data. If you are interested I can dig it up.
Be careful with conventional epoxy- you can develop an allergy to the hardener and never be able to use it again. So use the gloves. A few layers so you don't muck up the wrists when you peel off gloves.