Building a wood boat epoxy info

[Kevinfipps]

What epoxy to use for building a wood boat

 

[Geraghty]

G-Flex by West Systems

 

[Kevinfipps]

G-Flex by West Systems

Is it strong enough to build a gas hydro with

 

[Michael Lewis]

I've built two boats with it, a crackerbox and a vee hull,both gas... it's tough stuff go with it. Michael

 

[LohringMiller]

The NAMBA Nationals 3rd place gas scale $ Bill was built with West Epoxy. See Scaling Up in the attached Propwash for details.

Lohring Miller

 

[Brian Spitzer]

Composite Pro 2050 resin and their 3100S hardener, far superior to any other resin I've used, including the ones listed here.

 

[RaceMechaniX]

Brian, is it available in smaller than gallon kits?

 

[Brian Spitzer]

To my knowledge, a gallon kit is the smallest you can purchase. I've always purchased directly from them instead of a distributor to get products that haven't been sitting on a shelf for a period of time to maximize my shelf life. I have product that is three years old and is still good. I always keep it out of the light when not using. I have found that if either component gets cloudy to discard it.

 

[dave roach]

The last boat that I built i used total boat 2-1 epoxy and Half the price of west system.It doesn't load up your sand paper like west.

 

[dr gary turner]

Mas epoxy
Get it at Jamestown Boating

 

[Rich Jones]

Mas epoxy
Get it at Jamestown Boating

Plus one on MAS. Backlash survived a blow over where momentum carried it to the bank and bounced off the bank with the tips of the sponsons with enough force to throw it back into the lake upside down about 15 feet from the bank. Other than the lip of the cowl breaking up through the piece of wood that holds it in, the damage was limited to a few chips and scratches in the paint. I would’ve expected some fairly bad damage from that one. I’m sure the West Systems works well too, just a testimonial based on my experience With MAS epoxy.

 

[Rich Jones]

An additional FYI I bought MAS medium AND Total Boat slow from Jamestown. Some were saying that the Total Boat is just repackaged MAS.