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purchase clear epoxy resin

Basic No Blush ™ The favorite clear marine epoxy resin system of DIY and professional boat builders, DIY Boat Repair

Dory sea trials - Wind & Oar Boat School - Basic No Blush epoxy customers
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We've been selling:   marine epoxy (boat building - wood / fiberglass repair) industrial coatings - garage paint -

underwater epoxies - thick putties - tabletop resins and supplies since the early 1990's

SECTION ONE:

Marine Epoxy Resin- Clear Marine Epoxies -

sometimes called "goo"

 Fiberglass Repair

HOT WEATHER, COLD WEATHER, SEVERAL 'REGULAR' EPOXIES, THIN AND/OR PENETRATING EPOXIES, LARGEST SELECTION ANYWHERE OF MARINE EPOXY RESIN SYSTEMS

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In business since 1994

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How much epoxy? To wet out 6-9 oz cloth, fill the weave with more than one coat, allow for waste, etc. figure about 50 - 60 square feet per gallon (my tests showed 97 sq. feet saturated by 1 gal of cloth).

Important links:

Goto our 1-line product/price summary page MARINE or INDUSTRIAL

Boat Repair - Marine Epoxy & Products - Marine Tips and Tricks --- MASSIVE MARINE LINKS ON EPOXYPRODUCTS.COM SITE CLICK HERE

Fiberglass cloth for your epoxy Yes, we now carry lots of fiberglass cloth sizes 3, 4, 12, and 38 inch wide - click here to visit

Painting / Coating over epoxy with enamel - warning .

comparing marine epoxies - what to look for when comparing marine epoxies - CLICK HERE

Fillets and thickened epoxy putties. Make your own or buy pre-thickened. See our fillers section and/or putty section. Lots of options.

Don't throw away your epoxy brushes and rollers! You can clean them with our TA 661 non-solvent, non-evaporating, reusable epoxy cleaning agent. TA 661 is in Section 8 (misc. products) of our marine catalog (you're in Section 1 right now). Click here to detour to Section 8.

Aluthane (tm) - an MCU sealer/tie coat/color changing sanding base. Use when restoring Wood, Fiberglass, or Metal hulled boats. ALUTHANE.

comparing marine epoxies - what to look for - CLICK HERE .

CLICK HERE TO GOTO OUR USER NOTES SECTION: FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE USED THIS AND OUR OTHER EPOXIES. Info on 'epoxy turned white' - warnings about applying epoxies in late afternoon/evening especially in the Fall season.

Don't buy any marine epoxy until you understand 'amine blush'. Most brands of epoxies blush, ours do not. Find out why this is important to you. Click here to visit our BLUSH PAGE.

more on clear epoxy (and non epoxy) coatings and finishes - (www.clear4u.html).

PRODUCTS

Basic No Blush™ Marine Epoxy Resin 

OUR BEST SELLING PRODUCT - RAPIDLY BECOMING AN INDUSTRY FAVORITE

This product has its own web page - CLICK HERE

Our most popular and least expensive marine epoxy resin ("goo"). This is our basic epoxy resin - (boat building - fiberglass repair, etc.). To get a similar non blushing epoxy from our competitors you have to 'upgrade' from their regular product at considerable additional cost. Yet Basic No Blush ,marine epoxy is still cheaper than even their 'regular' epoxy. We get lots of emails and telephone calls from users (including long time users) of the other major marine epoxy brands. They usually complain about issues they are having with 'their old brand' - amine blush, set times, price increases, etc. They are ready to try a replacement product. These folks have convinced me that we have the BEST marine epoxy in addition to being HALF the price of the other brands. Try our 12 oz sampler, 3 quart unit, or 1.5 gal unit and see if you don't agree with them.

Our upgrade from Basic No Blush™ marine epoxy resin is our Premium No Blush™ marine epoxy resin (see below) which contains superior Cycloaliphatic curing agents - CLICK HERE for more information. It also contains no Nonyl Phenol or Formaldehyde (formaldehyde in competitor's curing agent - click here). The competition don't have anything like it. Find out why we have a 2:1 mix ratio instead of the 5:1 ratio used by one of our competitors - click here). Enamel (oil based) paints applied over fresh epoxies with Nonyl Phenol (that is nearly all epoxies) have extremely slow drying.

We don't think you can beat our prices. Basic No Blush™ clear marine epoxy has been our most popular epoxy: super price, perfect viscosity (I think - one of our other major competitors sells a very thin marine epoxy - actually we do too - see Low V below). It has become a favorite with home builders of strip and stitch/glue boat hulls.

Available in three versions (standard, 'cold weather-winter' (fast), and 'hot weather-summer (slow)) - same low price for each! The summer version has twice the pot life of the regular version - for temps over 80 degrees. AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm doing epoxy/fiberglass cloth boat building here in NH using the Basic No Blush marine epoxy with the Winter (fast) curing agent. The epoxy is stored in my basement at 50 degrees. The boat building is happening in my garage at temps in the mid 30s. The epoxy is hard the next day.

The 1.5 gal units of Basic No Blush marine epoxy resin now come in one gallon plastic jugs. We offer pumps for these jugs. They are $11.50 a pair and one stroke of the pump dispenses about 1 oz. of product. The pumps do not work with the 3 quart kits of Basic No Blush marine epoxy. On our online, 3rd party storefront, you'll find the pumps listed with the Basic No Blush™ on the 'resins page'. Note: we don't really like the 'pump' approach to epoxies, but a majority of boat builders want the pumps and we've learned it is all about providing the customers with what they want and need and not about pushing my personal view on to the marketplace. I find their quality lacking, but we only get 1 or 2 complaints per 100 or so pumps we sell and we've not be able to find better alternatives to what we offer. So, pump away!

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Everyone gets Distributor Pricing for this Top Rated marine epoxy - details .

PRODUCT NOTES/COMMENTS:

Our Winter Curing Agent - means 'New England'
winter temps (30's and 40's). If your winter temps
in the 50s generally, order the regular curing agent.

Basic is a great marine epoxy ("goo") , but if you want a higher quality resin see our Premium No Blush™ marine epoxy below. Basic No Blush™ vs. Premium No Blush™ vs. other epoxies (how to compare) - CLICK HERE

Add some TA 661 - a non solvent epoxy clean up solution to your order! CLICK HERE for more info.

This Product Was Used in The Restoration of the famous Leaf blower Powered Dinghy - CLICK HERE

Using over wood? - read our "primer" page - CLICK HERE

Add solvent to make it a sealer/primer (see www.epoxyproducts.com/penetrating4u.html)

Add thickeners to make it a putty repair epoxy (see www.epoxyproducts.com/repair.html) Use straight for laminating etc.

Allow 36 - 48 hours for enough curing time to provide a strong bond/adhesion to surfaces.

Often also used to reseal epoxy/pebble stone decks (coverage 200-250 square feet per 1.5 gal kit. Also see our special thick roller for this application - Section i Industrial catalog misc. section)

With all epoxies, we recommend all recoats should be applied within 24 hours to avoid having to sand between coats - especially true with this epoxy!

Warn weather tip: when the weather is hot (and pot life is short) some people will store the mixed or unmixed epoxy in an ice water bath - and/or use our hot weather curing agent..

Online log from another boat builder using Basic No Blush - (see - day 42) CLICK HERE

Gluing with Basic No Blush marine epoxy (and other feedback from customers on this product) - see user notes - Basic No Blush™) CLICK HERE

This product reviewed in Professional Boatbuilder Magazine Dec/Jan 2004 CLICK HERE (boat builder)

NOTE: clear epoxy resins may crystallize - click here to learn more

Penobscot 17, built by Mike Fields Using Our Basic No Blush Marine Epoxy

Subject: boat
Date: 16 Jan 2004 16:46:16 -0600
From: Mike and Denise
To: info@epoxyproducts.com

Hey there,

I finally finished my boat. It is covered one end to other with y'alls epoxy. I really like your Basic No Blush marine epoxy and still no rash!

Mike Fields

(Mike had suffered from Epoxy Sensitivity and skin rashes from other epoxies. We don't know why he had no rash problem with our epoxy, but we're pleased that he didn't!)

“I started building Puffin in January of this year, and launched her in July. I have made a few changes to better meet my needs. Puffin is a joy to sail. She is fast and very forgiving. The pic I'm sending was taken in 25pmh plus wind on Greers Ferry Lake, AR. I plan to sail in the Gulf, and island hop along the Mississippi coast this summer.”

HERE AT PROGRESSIVE EPOXY POLYMERS, WE'RE ONE OF OUR BEST CUSTOMERS!

See our annual winter boat projects for the last two years.....

Building the stitch and glue, plywood, "Portuquese Style Dinghy" (winter 2008/2009) - CLICK HERE

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approx. 1 oz per stroke - good for small projects after calibration - (most folks use paper cups instead)

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BEST VALUE NON HAZMAT (CAN SHIP BY AIR AND/OR OUTSIDE THE USA)

PREMIUM NO BLUSH™ MARNIE EPOXY RESIN	PRODUCT PRO AND CON REVIEW
PRO	Can be shipped worldwide by air without problem. Very high end resin system
CON	Amber colored curing agent

Our newest epoxy, formulated as an upgrade from Basic No Blush marine epoxy by the same formulator. Premium No Blush marine epoxy is non-hazmat to ship so it can be easily air shipped anywhere in the country or overseas (customers living outside of the continental USA should consider this epoxy as their primary epoxy option). Lots of attention was focused during product development to get a product with just the right amount of give (flex) but not too soft - flexible. This epoxy has a fast 'time to sand' (i.e. "Hard Set" very rigid, provides max. strength and abrasion resistance ). Truly a premium epoxy with an amazing price. Medium pot life. Easy 3:2 mix ratio. (More on UV blockers) This product contains superior Cycloaliphatic curing agents - CLICK HERE for more information. It also contains no Nonyl Phenol or Formaldehyde. (formaldehyde in competitor's curing agent - click here)

Customers (spear gun maker in Egypt and a guitar maker in the USA) report a superior, smooth and glossy finish with the Premium No Blush that they don't get with other epoxies.

2.5 gallon kit - $235

40 oz sample kit (0.31 gallons) $55 including shipping in the USA

80 oz kit (0.625 gallons) $90 including shipping in the USA

25 gallon unit - $2075 ($83 a gallon for the Good Stuff!)

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PRODUCT NOTES/COMMENTS:

Subject: Epoxy paints and Premium blend works wonderful!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug. 2004 12:41:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim
To: Paul O <info@epoxyproducts.com>

Paul,

Let me say how happy we are with your Premium blend marine epoxy resin. We were out putting on two large pieces of Kevlar material on our 32.5 ft Woods Eclipse Cat. Each piece then was about 32 feel long be about four ft. The Premium blend worked great even in 85 degrees temp. Two of us were able to put on the kevlar using about 3/4 gallon batches split in two, using two X-Tra large kitty litter containers to apply it with.....

Thanks again for the Premium blend -50 gallons last year ....LOVE IT!
JIM - (Canada)

--- and about 18 months later....

Hi Paul and co.;

I just did a test with your Premium blend marine epoxy and a very highly recommended slow epoxy from a major competitor.

I work in a hot plastic tent with heavy biax fiberglass so exothermic reaction/pot life is very important! So I tested the Premium blend and your best competitor. The competitor 's epoxy and your Premium were pored about two inches deep in plastic containers about two inches deep. The other stuff heated up quite warm in about twenty-five minutes or so at 22C degrees ,not bad but yours lasted much longer ! I didn't need it as the plastic cup got only a little warm ,not as much as the other guys by far!

So send me 50 gallons more please! I'll get in touch for the details.
thanks
Jim (Canada)

NOTES FROM JIM ON SHIPPING TO CANADA

We have twice had two packs of twenty-five gallon Premium Blend Marine Epoxy trucked across the border to the Canada Customs Bond Warehouse in Hamilton On.

We know roughly when the shipment is due and wait for the call to come pick up the goods. We then head over to the CC Bond warehouse and show our picture ID ,i.e. Drivers license. Then pay the GST/PST. No charges for the warehouse were asked for as we were there on the first day that they called.

The Customs agent acts as the Broker ,so they need to know what to classify the goods under ,in this case it's classified under glue. We then sign for the goods and pick up the 50 gallons of PREMIUM BLEND Epoxy in our case. It's best to be there at a quiet time as patience is required in this process, but it's worth it .

For proof of cost etc., Progressive Epoxy Polymers has the paper work on the boxes or the five gallon pails, so no problem there.

One way to avoid is having a Courier company just use their Broker. I've heard horror stories of Broker costs of $300. for small packages.So avoid that way by having it sent to CC Bond warehouse or picking it up at an address on the USA side.

Paul:
Thought you might be interested in seeing a picture of my finished boat. I used exclusively your Premium No Blush marine epoxy on the hull with great results. Thanks for all your help and this great product. ---- Rick --- > Boat Builder/Happy Captain (9/09)

I gave it a second coat and it was too darn beautiful and couldn't get myself to leave the room...your epoxy is just super.....compared to WS it’s a Rolls Royce.
 

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Low V™:

READ ABOUT IN OUR SEALER PAGE - CLICK HERE

Makes an outstanding Penetrating Epoxy - see our penetrating page

A fast setting, very clear, very thin epoxy that is easy to apply by brush or roller. It is the product of choice if adding solvent to make a penetrating epoxy (thin 10% with xylene to make an outstanding penetrating epoxy. See our PENETRATING page) or copper powder to make an epoxy/copper paint. Bonds well to damp/wet surfaces.

A very thin epoxy. Very clear and no bubbles - only a trace of amber color. Simple 2:1 mix. Use to seal wood surfaces, especially inexpensive plywood. Can also be used with fiberglass cloth. Recommended epoxy for use with our copper powder additive. Also use as a primer on wood and other porous surfaces, especially under polyurethanes. Unlike our 'hard epoxies' (Basic No Blush, Premium No Blush, LTC 38) this epoxy has a bit of 'natural flex' when applied as a thin sealing coat.

Mix really well - with parts A and B so thin and clear it is very easy to mix poorly and have uneven mixing within the same batch. This will produce tacky sections that never get completely hard and tack free.

Note: We have seen this product fisheye on old wood surfaces that have been 'bleached' and then stained. The oils in the stain or 'teak oil' (perhaps something in the wood bleach, I don't know) seem to remain in the wood despite solvent washing, sanding etc. Old teak trim is a good example. We've seen Low V fisheye on old teak being refinished that seemed to be 'weathered down to just wood'. I think the fix would be (not tested) to 'seal' the wood from the epoxy, say with a coat of solvent thinned varnish which would not be as affected by residual oils.

Now you can pigment your clear epoxy (to see better what you are doing). We have epoxy pigments - see section 8

1.5 gallon kit - $105

48 oz kit (0.37 gal) - $52 including shipping

15 gallon kit - $975 Shipped direct from the factory - cannot be ordered online - call to order

PRODUCT NOTES/COMMENTS:

EMAIL (FEB. 06): Hello:

I just bought some of your Low V epoxy resin and it is superior in every way to the system 3 products I (formerly) used, their clear coat and mirror coat.

Less money, better adhesion, better flow, better release of trapped gas, clarity, speed of cure, and machineability. It's like night and day, and their product is nothing to laugh at!

Great Product, I will buy *whatever* I need from you in the future.....

GREG

EMAIL (March 09):

Remember me? I promised you a report on the results of using Low-V as an undercoat/sealer in a difficult exterior application (western red cedar porch steps). See email appended below. Here's an excerpt:

So I bought a gallon of Low-V, and I have started using it to treat my front steps. I have been thinning the Low-V with about 25% Xylene to increase penetration. I have to use 2 coats of latex to eliminate the brush marks and bare areas (as you advised earlier), and after 2 coats the coverage looks excellent and it appears to have bonded well. I'll let you know the results in about a year if you are interested in how well it stands up to the weather......

I thought you might like to hear a status update. Well it's been over 8 months, which included summer, fall, and winter weather, and the Low-V treated steps look great. There is NO blistering or peeling. The latex topcoat paint is adhering quite well. It hasn't endured rainy/warm/humid spring weather yet, but from what I'm seeing so far I am very optimistic. -- Russ

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approx. 1 oz per stroke - good for small projects after calibration - (most folks use paper cups instead)

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ESP 155™

This product has its own web page - CLICK HERE

ESP 155™	PRODUCT PRO AND CON REVIEW
PRO	Easy and convenient to use. A favorite product for coating raw wood or old fiberglass. Easy to pigment
CON	Only available in 2 quart kits. Alkyd enamels may dry slowly when applied over ESP 155. Reports of Premium No Blush epoxy fisheyeing when applied over ESP

CANNOT BE SOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DUE TO VOC RESTRICTIONS

Read more about this product on our "SEALER' page - CLICK HERE

ESP 155 is a very thin, low viscosity, moisture tolerant, epoxy designed for priming and sealing. Use on wood and fiberglass to improve adhesion of urethanes and other paints. Firm up damaged wood. Unlike our competitor's penetrating epoxy, we pack 75% resin (vs. their 30%), enough to generally seal and prime in one coat (instead of several) yet with enough solvent (25%) to penetrate deeply. Also used as a concrete primer to reduce out gassing when top coating with solvent-free topcoats. A 1/2 gallon unit will probably cover about - 150- 200+ square feet of a fiberglass hull and about 100-125 square feet of porous wood. APPLY WITH BRUSH. Users report 1 1/2 gal kit enough to 'seal' the bottom (below the waterline) of a full keel 25-27 foot sailboat.

An example of just one application: priming glue lam lay ups prior to using regular unthinned epoxy. The thickened epoxy doesn't soak into the wood like solvent thinned epoxy. When regular epoxy is applied over solvent thinned epoxy like ESP 155 within a day or two of application, the two epoxies chemically bond to one another. This creates a two stage adhesion. The lower layer is the thinned epoxy soaked into the wood and the upper layer is the thicker 'regular' epoxy.

Generally epoxies used as primers use lots of solvents and the lowest quality epoxy available. ESP is an amazing exception, probably nothing else like it available. It uses a top of the line cycloaliphatic curing system as a starting point! The other 'penetrating/sealing' epoxies are very vague about the epoxy they use in their product - bottom of the line, el cheapo stuff I would imagine.

Alternative product: add solvent to our solvent free LOW V epoxy



½ gallon kit - $48 cannot be sold in Southern California (LA)

PRODUCT NOTES/COMMENTS:

Copper powder can be added to epoxies (including our ESP 155™ epoxy sealer), our traditional India Spar Varnish™, our clear water-based Water Prime™ epoxy, and our water-based acrylic sealer Bio Vee Gloss™ as a decorative pigment. Copper powder can be found in our Marine Catalog as well as in our Industrial/home Catalog.

A little bit of our brown and/or red pigment (marine link / res. link) added to our clear epoxy sealer - ESP 155™ (marine link / res. link), traditional India Spar Varnish™ (marine link / res. link), or our 2 part LPU clear polyurethane - Acrylic Poly UV Plus™ (marine link / res. link), works like a high end stain on wood surfaces without the issues of compatibility. Tinting a first coat of a clear product (with white pigment for example) can mean fewer fewer topcoats of white paint. Also it is much easier to brush or roll on an even, uniform layer of coating when that coating is slightly pigmented instead of clear. It is very hard to see what you are doing when applying a clear coating.

Use ESP 155 to 'seal/prime/smooth'

patched and repaired surfaces.

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**** All products are clear/light amber in color (dry clear - will yellow in sunlight)

	BASIC NO-BLUSH MARINE EPOXY RESIN	PREM NO-BLUSH MARINE EPOXY RESIN			LOW V
RATING	good	better			special (thin)
SHIPPING	USA ground	intl. unrestricted air			USA ground
THICKNESS	medium	medium plus			thin
GEL SET TIME*	65 min (65 F)	80 (65 F)			45 (72 F)
	ESP 155
RATING
SHIPPING	USA ground
THICKNESS
GEL SET TIME*

REMARKS - COMMENTS

Now you can pigment your clear epoxy (to see better what you are doing). We have epoxy pigments - see section 8

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CATALOG LINKS

SECTION ONE (this page) -- (marine epoxies)

SECTION TWO: epoxy fillers thickeners additives

SECTION THREE: thickened epoxies, epoxy putties, etc.

SECTION FOUR: epoxy paints

SECTION FIVE: urethanes and non-epoxy coatings

SECTION SIX: non-skid deck coatings

SECTION SEVEN: marine repair products

SECTION EIGHT: misc. marine products

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