Mr. Fiberglass

[MateFever]

I am needing to order 5 gal of resin and have basically searched most every site that google has returned. I found Mr. Fiberglass and was thinking of ordering the 435 Polyester Resin. Does he carry good products or should I be looking elsewhere. I've been using Evercoat Boat Yard Resin that a guy from work gave me after he completed his sail boat project but that stuff runs close to 190 bucks for 5 gallons. Any input from you experts?

 

[Rob B]

I am needing to order 5 gal of resin and have basically searched most every site that google has returned. I found Mr. Fiberglass and was thinking of ordering the 435 Polyester Resin. Does he carry good products or should I be looking elsewhere. I've been using Evercoat Boat Yard Resin that a guy from work gave me after he completed his sail boat project but that stuff runs close to 190 bucks for 5 gallons. Any input from you experts?

Have you tried these sites:
http://www.fibreglast.com/
http://www.fiberglasswarehouse.com/index.asp
http://www.mertons.com/
http://www.westmarine.com/

 

[illMATTic]

what are you doing with 5 gallons? I used only a 1/2 gallon replacing a floor and stringers.

 

[Chris E]

i've gone through a good gallon on the transom and expect to use close to five on the floor and other mods that need to be done.

 

[teamhart2]

Check out mertons, thats where I ordered all my stuff from, quick shipping and great customer service.

Matt, I dunno why, but I blew through a lot of resin doing the transom and core, the floor took considerably less than I was expecting after doing those parts, even considering I put a layer of matt across the whole top surface

 

[PapaMaC]

That seems like a pretty heavy dose of resin.

This guy seems to have a ton of it, though.
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/boa/820705769.html

 

[Kary]

If doing a floor, core, stringers and transom, you will use 5 easy

 

[PapaMaC]

I've never used fiberglass for anything major, just for building custom stereo system enclosures and minor repairs. I built a few full-cargo-bay enclosures for SUVs and some wrap-around enclosures for vans. I haven't done that kind of work since I was 19, but 5 gallons just seems like a lot in my mind.

 

[cooperider]

I just got an email from www.fibreglast.com they have resin in the "Clearance corner" of their website. All thats wrong is it has met the expiration date. Which is fine if your going to use it soon, six months down the road it might be set. All that date means is after this point it might start slowly turning solid on its own, AND it takes many months to a year or more for that to happen.

 

[MateFever]

Thanks guys for the input. Here's the deal. I only have one layer of mat over the transom and will want a couple of more yet. I'm sure I won't use all of 5 gallons on the remainder of stuff its a better price and I would eventually like to build bolster style front seats instead of the open sides ones my boat currently has. While I have looked at all the places that cmpulse listed, this Mr. Fiberglass guy can get me 5 gal with the MEKP for 174.00 total, including hazmat cost and taxes and all that stuff.

Coop, thanks for the tip. Ill look into that clearance items stuff at fiberglast. The previous stuff I was using was about a year old or more and it was still fine so I'm not as concerned about the age as much. But right now I'm at somewhat of a standstill until I get some more juice.

 

[Kary]

You may want to check stock

I just ordered 20 gals of the gelcoat-5 Neutral and 15 clear....
I got the same email and could't pass that up.

 

[Blizz]

Why do you want to use so many layers of mat? Mat is used basicly for 2 things 1st is to help prevent printthrough and second is to put thickness into a laminate. It is nowhere a structurally sound as cloth and itr takes twice as much resin as cloth.

 

[MateFever]

Hey Blizz, thanks for that tip. I am planning on using cloth but wanted to get a coat or two of mat down first. I wasn't very clear as to my plan, and this being my first resto still have a lot to learn.