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Old 02-20-2006, 09:55 PM
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advice on epoxy and polyester

I am new to fiber-glassing and unsure about the adhesive qualities between polyester and epoxy. I was led to believe that because my boat was made from polyester that I should be using polyester and not epoxy. the reasoning was that the 2 do not bond well together, yet most of the forum discussions I have read say to use epoxy.
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What I can tell you is, epoxy will stick to poly but poly WILL not stick to epoxy.
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Hi Bruce did you have a look at www.shareaproject (106) what did you think?
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