West System Laminating Epoxy

Three hardeners are available for use with pr2032.

West system laminating epoxy.

Wet out epoxy bonding surfaces apply a neat epoxy resin hardener mixture without fillers to the surfaces to be joined. Apply a second coat of epoxy with a foam roller. Wet out larger areas with a foam roller or by spreading the resin hardener mixture evenly over the surface with a plastic spreader. Aeropoxy laminating epoxy pr2032 is a medium viscosity unfilled light amber laminating resin that is designed for structural production applications.

Ph3660 has a 1 h. Uncontaminated epoxy resin or hardener may be reclaimed for use. Add one of six west system fillers to thicken the mixture as needed. Wet out small or tight areas with a disposable brush.

Contain large epoxy spills with sand clay or other inert absorbent material. Remove the excess epoxy with a spreader using long overlapping strokes. Start with 105 resin the basic ingredient of all west system epoxy compounds. West system epoxy fillers are used to thicken the basic epoxy resin hardener mixture for specific applications.

If you are considering a boat repair or building project your first decision concerns whether epoxy is the best product for your application or if you should instead consider a polyester or vinylester resin gelcoat repair product or an adhesive sealant like 3m s 5200 polyurethane caulk. It was commonplace to see a 70 foot long mold shrink 3 32 over the entire 70 foot length. Mix with one of four west system hardeners. Each epoxy filler possesses a unique set of physical characteristics but they can generally be categorized as either adhesive high density for bonding applications or fairing low density for sanding and fairing applications.

West system epoxies cure to a hard solid plastic with superior mechanical properties. Back in the late 70s and early 80s gougeon brothers inc. Apply enough epoxy to thoroughly wet out the cloth. The cloth should appear consistently transparent with a smooth cloth texture.

Follow up with absorbent towels. That represents shrinkage of just 01 on a laminate consisting of fiberglass and west system epoxy. Select a hardener for its intended use and for the cure speed best suited for your job in the temperature range in which you are working. Use a scraper to contain small spills and collect as much material as possible.

Cleaning up removing epoxy cleaning up epoxy spills. West system epoxy combined with additives can be used for filling and fairing holes and voids. Adding these filling agents to blended epoxy resin and hardener allows you to control the consistency of the epoxy bridge gaps in joints create either. Trim the excess and overlapped cloth after the epoxy has reached its initial cure.

When small amounts of filler are added to mixed resin and hardener west system 105 resin based epoxy becomes a very strong gap filling adhesive. We are an employee own family run organization that has maintained our performance driven development of marine epoxies since the company was founded in 1969.