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for Fiberglass Boat Repair by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Epoxy vs. polyester in a typical fiberglass boat repair cross-section. Even though we’ve been promoting the use of WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy for repairing fiberglass boats (boats made with polyester resin) in our manuals and Epoxyworks for many years, we continue to receive inquiries […]
Woods of the World Epoxy Adhesion Testing by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Epoxy’s adhesion to wood is the focus of this study of dozens of wood varieties from Africa and the Philippines. We recently purchased a 154-piece wood sampler from Eisenbrand Inc., Torrance, California. The 3″ × 6″ × ½” specimens originated […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Wet-out chopped strand mat and woven fabric test samples are prepared for moisture uptake testing. Chopped strand mat, in fabric form, is sold on the roll and in small folded packages. It is made up of 1″-2″ long fiberglass strands that are randomly oriented and typically held […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Testing of epoxy adhesion over stains was done with a number of different stains. We have occasionally reported results of adhesion testing of WEST SYSTEM® epoxy to wood coated with various stains. In “Varnish Over Epoxy,” we touched on the topic of wood stains under epoxy and […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: The Rapid Strip Brush™ is a great tool when you want to prepare fiberglass laminates for epoxy adhesion. During a recent inspirational hardware store visit, I discovered a rotary wire brush made by Norton™ called the Rapid Strip Brush™. It is used with an electric drill and […]
