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Old 06-27-2011, 03:53 AM
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Default Vinylester resin

Hi all...

I'm new here on RCUniverse, but not new to the hobby...

I have a question regarding vinylester resins... I know that they fall between polyester and epoxy resins...

For now I have used only epoxy resin and never had trouble with it... Good thing was that my father always kept 50+ kg of epoxy for his sailplane... As his sailplane project goes to an end, so our epoxy stock goes out... We used Sika Biresin SR120 resin and Sika Biresin SH120-3 hardener...

Now Igot access to cheap (read free) vinylester resins mixed per my needs by my friend who works at the resin factory...

I would use vinylester resin only for covering my models with lightweight glass cloth and Iwould still use fast setting epoxys for construction...

Is vinylester suitable for such application?

Cheers,
Robert