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Directory of Commercial Industrial Grade Epoxy Paint Resin Coating Web Sites

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Epoxy coatings, adhesives and sealers cover a wide range of products, applications and prices. Most epoxies are used in industrial or marine setting where their toughness and chemical resistance give them superior performance over other coatings. Some epoxies can even be applied by brush or roller underwater.

Welcome to Aaron's Directory of Epoxy Web Sites. This is the place to begin your education, training, or product search within the exciting world of epoxies.

- best epoxy bargain on the net! (use for boatbuilding/repair - also resealing epoxy pebble decks)

Basic No-Blush Epoxy is a plain, basic epoxy (a notch or two up from common blushing epoxies) yet it sells for only $44.66 per gallon in 1.5 gallon ($67 for the 1.5 gal kit - 7/6/04 price) and $33/gal for 15 gallon units ($495). It is the least expensive epoxy we know about (including blushing epoxies) in the United States. CLICK HERE

If you are new to epoxies click here to become an instant expert. EPOXY PRIMER.

How to evaluate your epoxy / epoxy vendor. CLICK HERE

Looking for a non-epoxy concrete sealer or waterproofer - also perfect under your epoxy coating??? visit http://www.epoxyproducts.com/vee4u.html

Need some epoxy for a quick underwater or dry repair? CLICK HERE

NEW: Kevlar (tm) - Ceramic Hi-flex Underwater epoxy coating - CLICK HERE

Boatbuilders - boat repairs - CLICK HERE

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International customers/visitors (Non USA) looking to import epoxies without restrictions are encouraged to consider importing Corro-Coat FC 2100 because of its attractive special international prices, non-hazmat shipping, and restiction free use and labeling. This product has its own web page - CLICK HERE

Reasons for coating failures

Preparation problem 70%; application problem 12%; environment problem 6%; wrong paint selection 9%; bad paint 1%; adding thinner 2%

"At least 70% of premature coatings failures are traced back to 'surface preparation' whether referring to wood, concrete, or metal. In a commercial recoating project, the costs (and profit) associated with surface preparation are about 70% of the job. How extensive the surface preparation is will depend on the performance expectation of the owner... Know the A, B, C's of surface preparation - visible contaminants, invisible contaminants, and profile."

Dr. Lydia Frenzel, The ABCs of Surface Preparation, Cleaner Times, April 2001, pg. 42-44.

Industry quote: "There are only a handful of different epoxy bases, a handful or two of hardening agents, and a handful of solvents, fillers, and solvent-free extenders used to formulate epoxy products. Epoxies are not cheap to manufacture and $25, $35, $45 epoxies represent the trash end of the product line where price is the only purchasing criteria."

How Thick? How thick should your coating be? Economics play a major role in determining how much coating to apply. One U.S. gallon contains 231 cubic inches. That's only 1.6 cubic square feet of surface at one inch thick and that's also assuming a solvent-free product. If the product is 25% VOC (i.e. 25% solvent) then dry thickness/coverage will be 25% less. Again, assuming a 1/4 inch thick coating (250 mils) maximum coverage will still be only 6.4 square feet per gallon. A solvent-free (100% solids) epoxy coating applied at 16 mils will cover 100 square feet per gallon (note: the wall paint in your office is probably 2-4 mils). While thick coatings sound like a good idea, they use so much product that they must be made very cheaply so that coating 1,000 or 10,000 square feet can still be done at a competitive price. A high quality, fairly expensive product with a coverage rate of 100 sq. feet or more per gallon, on the other hand, will have a low enough cost per sq. foot to provide both economy and top quality.

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Aaron's Directory Pages

Sampling of directory listings:

Cold weather epoxies - Click Here

Epoxy floor coatings - info/products - Click Here

Which Vendors' Marine Epoxy Should You be Using? Click Here

Primerless epoxies for use on wet/damp or concrete surfaces
(such as manholes, sump repair, dam repair, etc) Click Here

Boatbuilders - boat repairs - Click Here

Society For Protective Coatings, (SSPC) Click Here

Intro to Coal Tar Epoxies samples Click Here

Ask Professor E. Poxy - Answers to your epoxy questions.... Click Here

The EPOXY OUTLET store Click Here

Progressive Epoxy Polymers

12th NH Civil War Regiment Site

Epoxy Outlet

Cheap Epoxy™

Paints-Coatings-Epoxies Site

Outdoor's New Hampshire (Huff n Puff)

Paul & Claire Oman

Aarons Directory of Epoxy Web Sites

New England Epoxies