Mario Giordano

Hi Guys, not having found epoxy resin, can i glue wood to fiberglass with polyester resin? my doubt is, will be strong enough polyester resin instead of epoxy?
Thanks

Regards

martno1fan

Sure you can its all i ever use,mix it with some milled fibres or preferably chopped strands of glass, spread it on and sandwich the wood to the transom and clamp,then sit boat on its transome so everything stays where it should.Ive yet to have any problems with a polyester boat,if done right theyre plenty strong ask my customers lol.Or you could also use a mix of glass cloth coremat and some carbon cloth,heres one i did earlier just using biaxial cloth coremat and uni direction carbon no wood needed,transom was then 1/4" thick and strong as hell.
Mart

rcguy1411

You can use polyester resin as long as hull is not epoxy resin as it wont bond well

martno1fan

Yea good point,i was asuming Mario knew that.Other way round works fine but poly on epoxy wont work.
Mart

Mario Giordano

Thanks guys, i think the mhz hulls are worked with epoxy so will avoid the poly. I have a pattex power epoxy bicomponent, (pic) can it work? or better to use epoxy directly with strands of glass, as Mart said.

martno1fan

You can just use glass cloth and carbon, build layers up and you will be fine no need for wood but you must use slow set epoxy resin not the quick set glue.If you want to use wood then that glue may work fine,im asuming its just for you to mount your harware to?.
Mart

glennb2006

Hi Mario,
below is the Italian importer of West Systems epoxy, give them a shout and they will sort you out some epoxy - they speak good Italian too!!

Boero Bartolomeo S.p.A.
Yachting Division - Export Office, Via Macaggi 19, 16121 GENOVA.
Tel: +39 010 5500639
Fax: +39 010 5500291
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.boeroyachtpaint.com

Regards,

Glenn

Mario Giordano

Thank you so much glennb, will contact them.

Regards

rcguy1411

Another good place to look are marinas / marine suply shops that servive full size boats i just got a pile of fiberglass off cuts from a local marina