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This is a massive 200 page information, data and product rich web site -- 10 pages of INFO

for every catalog SALES page! Many of our solvent free epoxies can be found on our much

more simple, second website - template website/store www.epoxyUSA.com.

Clearance/Discontinued product page (click) --- Site Index (click) --- Site Help (click)

We've been selling epoxy - marine epoxy (boat building - wood / fiberglass repair) industrial coatings epoxy - garage epoxy - epoxy paint -

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

There is a reason why we are at/near the top of ANY Google search you do for marine epoxy, cheap epoxy, underwater epoxy, coal tar epoxy, kevlar epoxy etc. We have the intenet products, prices and service that everyone has been talking about for years. Their online comments and links to our website put us near the top of all the internet search engines. Our search engine ramking success is a cyberspace equal of a home run among online boaters. Don't take our word for it, Google or Bing your boating related epoxy terms!

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This is the "Gateway" page into our epoxy Marine Catalog. It contains lots of information and useful links You can spend some time here or "blow it off" and:

1) Proceed to the Table of Contents Page/Index Page of our Marine Catalog

2) Goto our Contact Page for links to our 2 web storefronts (www.epoxyusa.com s our simple site - not all products listed) and links to email or call us for questions or orders

4) You can also email your questions (marine and non marine) to Professor E.Poxy - a web site that we help sponsor

3) Return to our Home Page (more general info and links to our companion non-marine Catalog )

5) Sign-up for our email Epoxy Newsletter (3-12 times a year)

6) Link to our data sheet and MSDS file

7) Actual boat repair case studies -

8) Goto EITHER of our 1 page summary sites - price list page - lists our products/prices for our Marine and Non-Marine Catalogs

As with all commercial web sites, by accessing and using these pages and links you are agreeing to the terms/conditions, disclaimers, etc. as set forth on our legal page which you are invited to read and print out.

Boat Repair Case Studies - Click Here

Tips and Tricks / Boat Repair reference guide / Notes 101 - Click Here

* Everyone gets Distributor Pricing on our Basic No Blush (tm) Top Rated marine epoxy - details

* Lots of floor epoxy info page links floor epoxy CLICK HERE

* Alphabetical index of all web pages CLICK HERE

WWW.AMATEURBOATBUILDING.COM - CLICK HERE

PROCEED TO OUR DATA/MSDS PAGES - CLICK HERE

EVERYONE'S GUIDE TO INSTANT EPOXY EXPERTISE - CLICK HERE

EVERYTHING ABOUT POURED EPOXY TABLE/BAR TOPS

"ALL SITES EPOXY MAP" INDEX OF EPOXY SUBJECTS ON THE INTERNET - INCLUDES, WINTER /SUMMER EPOXIES, ETC.(EXCELLENT!)

CONTACT PAGE AND LINK TO ON-LINE STORE FRONT - HOW TO ORDER PRODUCTS - CLICK HERE

UNDERWATER EPOXIES (APPLY UNDERWATER! POOLS, DOCKS, BOATS) - CLICK HERE. .

BOATING FORUM - POST YOUR QUESTIONS TO OTHER BOATERS HERE CLICK HERE

FAVORITE'S PAGE - OUR TOP SELLING PRODUCTS - CLICK HERE. .

INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL HOMEPAGE - CLICK HERE. .

BOATING/MARINE HOMEPAGE (YOU'RE ALREADY HERE!) - CLICK HERE. .

Already know what you want? Goto our 1-line product/price summary page MARINE or INDUSTRIAL

--- OUR MAIN HOMEPAGE - WWW.EPOXYPRODUCTS.COM ---

CLEARANCE (DISCOUNTED PRODUCTS) SITE CLICK HERE .

FAVORITE'S PAGE (for contractors, boatowner, homeowners) - OUR SITE HAS OVER 175 PAGES - SKIP THE OVERLOAD AND VISIT ONLY OUR TOP SELLING PRODUCTS - CLICK HERE.

----------- "BOAT PRIDE" - A GREAT BLOG AND HOW -TO SITE FOR BOAT OWNERS - CLICK HERE --------------

"Thanks, Paul. You know what your downfall is??? You have such great customer
service nobody wants to use another company!!" -- Glenn 9/09

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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You've come to the one stop place for the VERY BEST epoxy resins, as well as barrier coat epoxies, hull blister repair kits, microspheres, anti-skid additives, fumed silica and fiber epoxy fillers, 3 inch fiberglass tape and much more! We even sell graphite, Teflon (tm), and copper powder additives for you to add to your epoxy in addition to all the traditional additives and thickeners.

We carry more marine epoxies than you will find anywhere else. No matter what brand of epoxy you use, our selection is large enough that you can probably find a less expensive alternative that you like even better! We accept VISA and MC. Epoxies and related solutions from multiple manufacturers.

We are an INTERNET provider of epoxies and coatings. Email support available - Order online 24/7 from our online storefront. We don't use Agents or Distributors - we sell direct - so you save their markups and commissions and expenses

Best prices on epoxies, LPU urethanes, thickeners, etc. We monitor the competition - they'll cost you more!

We're best know for our BASIC NO BLUSH marine epoxy - very low cost, very high quality - goto catalog or goto online storefront section 1 epoxies.

Proudly supporting the boating industry. See our ads in alternating issues of Points East magazine!

HELP!

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THIS IS OUR BOATING/MARINE HOMEPAGE - as you can see it is full of links, shortcuts, tips and tricks. We hope you spend a few minutes checking out this page.

--- from here you can proceed to the TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE of our marine catalog which also has some useful links and information. The marine catalog is extensive. Lots of links to data sheets, msds, case studies, etc. Some products have a linked page(s) dedicated just to that one product. The marine catalog has about 6 sections (fillers, marine epoxies, non epoxies, misc.)

--- OR you can skip the Table of Contents Page and the Full Blown Catalog and go to our mini (quick) catalog (Product name, prices, 1 sentence discription, where to find in our online storefront).

--- We also have a "index page" - that's more about topics/subjects than specific products.

--- Click here to go to our 3rd party On-line storefront to buy 24/7

--- Click here to go to our "Contact Us" info page.

Still confused about the layout of our web site? Try visiting our site map graphic/flow chart - CLICK HERE.

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We have a very tradional alternative web site/store if you're in a hurry or confused. Goto www.epoxyUSA.com

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We offer more kinds of epoxies and products than you can find anywhere else, and we're generally a lot cheaper on all our products than any of our competitors. Where else can you find underwater epoxies, copper powder (by the pound), micaceous Iron Oxide (an anti-corrosive -pigment/filler), water-activated emergency pipe wrap kits, commercial grade, low cost LPU 2 part polyurthane paints in 100 colors, 1 quart units of coal tar epoxy, aluminum filled moisture cured urethanes, and non blushing marine epoxy? Your continued support is very much appreciated and keeps these unique products available. Thanks again!

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Why order your epoxies from us? -- We think we have several good reasons why you should buy here.

1) we sell complete kits of resin and curing agent. No confusing: "purchase .83 gallons of resin and select .33 gallon unit of curing agent to purchase separately" nonsense;

2) if you're shopping for price try to beat our Basic No Blush™ (non blushing) marine epoxy ;

3) if price isn't your primary concern, we've got a wide selection of other epoxies with various performance levels to select from!

4) order from us and you get selections from more than just one formulating lab. Why trust your entire epoxy experience to just one lab's formulation or related family of formulations? Would you shop at a department store that only carried one brand of clothing or electronics?;

5) besides epoxy resins we offer epoxy paints, thickened repair epoxies, underwater epoxies, LPU polyurethanes, fillers such as copper powder, graphite, Teflon™, microspheres, fumed silica, etc. We are the right place for all your coating, painting, resin needs;

6) we share all the information we have - case studies, helpful articles, data and MSDS sheets. We even post prices rather than hiding them on separate pages or making you call for them;

7) our epoxies are all carefully formulated by epoxy chemists. We do not simply repackage the raw resins manufactured in bulk by the giant chemical companies the way many (most?) of the other low cost resin vendors do (they not being knowledgeable enough to realize that this is not a good thing to confess to -- a quote from one of our competitor's web site - "I buy epoxy resins and hardeners from manufacturers such as Shell Oil, Dow Chemical, and Vantico (formerly Ciba-Geigy). I buy in drums and repackage into smaller containers." Note that none of the major marine epoxy vendors do this even though we would all boost our profits significantly. There is good reason for this.

If you've spent any time exploring our massive website, you can tell we know our products and their application and use so much better than anyone who simply pours chemicals from a 55 gallon drum into a gallon can. We are so much more than just product and price....

8) Check out our competitors' sites. We certainly beat them on price and quality (that's why I drive a 10 year old pickup truck and my big boat is old and 16 ft long - I bet they won't tell you what they drive or the size of their boats, even though the cars and boats were purchased with your money!), but what really surprises me is when you click on their 'contact us' pages. One says replies could take 5 days, another tells you to expect only a two sentence reply. Then they have you fill out a form telling all about yourself so they can decide if you're a big enough potential customer to bother with. They want your money, but they don't want you! SHOCKING. You also never hear their input on any of the internet boating newsgroups and forums (where I regularly offer advise). Why is that? Aren't they interested in boaters outside of company time?

9) no formaldehyde in our No Blush™ epoxies unlike in at least one of our major competitors (check MSDS sheets before you purchase any epoxy).

10) speaking of prices, visit our industrial site (www.epoxyproducts.com/main.html) and you'll see many of the same products - all at the the same prices. It's not unusual for marine epoxy vendors to sell to industry too (most or all do - in fact most of the big names make more money there than selling to boat owners), but they make viewing and comparing industrial and marine product prices extremely difficult because almost everyone thinks it's OK to charge boat owners four or five times more than what an industrial contractor is willing to pay. That doesn't cut it here at Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc.

NOV 2007 addtional comments:

11) one of our competitors tells you not to expect more than a 1 or 2 line email response to your questions!

12) easy to find our data and msds sheets. Also be post user comments, and not just the good ones! Lots more info of all kinds on pages to give you all the info and education you need.

13) we seem to be the only epoxy vendor that lets you order online 24/7. Our third party online storefront isn't perfect but it sure is handy for most folks! You can find many (not all) of our products available on our vastly more simple site: www.epoxyUSA.com

14) Every company has its own set of buzzwords and terms they focus on. I cannot say for sure, but when I check out our competitors' web sites they seem to clone more and more of our buzzwords and issues.

15) Everyone gets Distributor Pricing for our top rated Basic No Blush epoxy - details

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Quick Links to Key Products:

MARINE EPOXIES (INCLUDING OUR FAMOUS BASIC NO BLUSH™ and others) -- CLICK HERE

THICKENED EPOXIES (FOR FILLETS, REPAIR ETC.) -- CLICK HERE

EPOXY ADDITIVES (THICKENERS, FILLERS, COPPER POWDER, GRAPHITE, TEFLON, ETC.) -- CLICK HERE

EPOXY PAINTS (BARRIER COATS, ENGINE ROOMS, DECKS ETC.) -- CLICK HERE

ANTI SLIP PAGE (RUBBER GRIT, WALNUT GRIT, RUBBER COPOLYMER WITH RUBBER GRIT PAINT) -- CLICK HERE

URETHANES (MOISTURE CURED, 2 PART LPUs, CLEAR 2-PART WITH UV BLOCKERS) -- CLICK HERE

FIBERGLASS CLOTH (3 INCH BY 50 YARDS, OR 12 INCH WIDE BY THE FOOT) -- CLICK HERE

Knowledge is Power - We like informed consumers!

Learn the basics of epoxy at our educational EPOXY 101 page - Click Here.

Finally, email us back with your questions or comments before you buy - EMAIL HERE

comparing epoxies - click here

GETTING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

Basic No Blush™ marine epoxy resin (You lowest cost epoxy - compare to other low cost epoxies - our NON BLUSHING epoxy is cheaper than their BLUSHING epoxies! ) We also have Premium No Blush™ - a cycloaphatic that can be air shipped (non-hazmat), plus others. comp: click here

Basic No Blush is only one of our seven or so marine epoxies (More epoxy types than you'll find anywhere else! And that doesn't include our epoxy paints, epoxy putties, etc.! - CLICK HERE for the marine resins catalog subsection). Available with standard, fast or slow curing agents.

Want perhaps the finest quality marine epoxy? Try our Premium No Blush™ - only a few bucks more!

Epoxy Primer paint (CM 15) and Penetrating Epoxy (ESP 155)

Largest selection of epoxy putties, thickeners, and additives available anywhere - click here

In a hurry? (quick links to our main pages - there's lots more than just these!)

* marine resins page (many to select from) - CLICK HERE

* epoxy paints - barrier coatings - CLICK HERE

* high solids penetrating/sealing epoxy (ESP 155) - CLICK HERE

* non-epoxy aluminum filled primer/sealer/topcoat (Aluthane) - CLICK HERE

* epoxy fillers & thickeners - CLICK HERE

* LPU 2 part urethanes and other non epoxy coatings - CLICK HERE

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

Or goto our FAVORITES page - links to our most popular products

Join our email news and information list (also location of our 8/03 newsletter) - CLICK HERE

Internet Directory of Boat Kits and Plans for Kayaks, Canoes, Sailing Dinghies - Click Here

WoodenBoat boating forum --- Question & answer message board - Click Here

Low temp epoxies for winter and epoxies for summer use - CLICK HERE

Review of Several Progressive Epoxy Polymer, Inc. Products By Dan Spurr --- Professional BoatBuilder Magazine Dec/Jan 2004 CLICK HERE

Restoration of the famous Leafblower Powered Dinghy - CLICK HERE

Looking for Flexible Epoxies? CLICK HERE

Read the Nov/Dec article from Good Old Boat magazine on using the epoxy and vinyl(paint) chip flooring system on a boat - CLICK

Step by step history of building a strip kayak using our Basic No Blush epoxy by a third party (note: price of the epoxy has gone up since his write-up) Click Here

How our epoxies saved a sinking yacht in Papua New Guinea - CLICK HERE for details

Read about the adventures/maintenance projects on the world sailing yacht, Watergeus. Owner Paul Van Oss discusses his use of our various products. CLICK HERE

How to evaluate your epoxy / epoxy vendor - CLICK HERE

Link to Blister Repair page (we sell a quick and easy blister repair kit)

Link to Barrier Coat Rip-Off article (check out our 1 coat - 10-16 mil barrier coat epoxies!)

Link to underwater hull - collision repair epoxies (which resins to use)

Use Anti-Freeze on rotten wood! - CLICK HERE

Getting the longest lasting clear coat (brightwork) on you wood CLICK HERE

Photos of leaf blower powered dinghy!!!! CLICK HERE

Restoration of the famous Leafblower Powered Dinghy - CLICK HERE

Which coatings for immersion (constant underwater) use?? CLICK HERE to find out!

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VISIT OUR "DISCOUNT PAGE" FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON OVERSTOCKED ITEMS, DISCONTINUED ITEMS, OLDER OR TEST VERSIONS

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Subject: my internet order
Date: Fri 30, May 2003
From: Peter & Bobbie peteraaaaa@aaaaa
To: info@epoxyproducts.com

Dear Paul,

When something's good happen.......you should tell someone...right!!! Not only
complaining. Well I'm impressed, I ordered 1pound of one of your products late
may 27th........and got it today may 30th!!!!!!!First I didn't believe I could get this
small amount and 2nd not in this time frame!!! Its sometimes hard to get a small
amounts for 'testing'....200 or 500 pounds well no problem.

In the last 40 years I have not done business with a company like yours......there
is only one word ....... JOB WELL DONE. You really know the needs of your
customer.

It was a pleasure doing business with your company, I already put your name to
my "Favorites" on my computer.

Thanks again, have a great day.

Peter.

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You've just made a new fan, Paul. My husband, Jerry, is hard to
impress. We read your "Everyone's Guide to Instant Epoxy Expertise"
while driving home from the boat the other day. He was impressed with
the depth of information (you went where some fear to tread) and the
evenhandedness with which you delivered it. We just got something
else in the mail from you, and he stole it away out of the mail pile
to read at his leisure.

The September issue went out the door yesterday. You're in there.
Welcome aboard!

Karen
Karen Larson
Editor, Good Old Boat Magazine, <http://www.goodoldboat.com>
763-420-8923 phone, 763-420-8921 fax, <mailto:karen@goodoldboat.com>
7340 Niagara Lane North, Maple Grove, MN 55311-2655

Bringing together a community of sailors who love and sail good old
boats.

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Click here to take a quick detour to the Boat Repair Hindsight - tips, tricks, rules-of-thumb on epoxies, painting, wood rot, brightwork, ext. latex paint for boats, etc. Topics Include:

1. The shocking truth about Penetrating Epoxies
2. Treating rotten wood with anti-freeze
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4. Epoxy coating your wood/fiberglass/metal/ferro hull
5. Polyester resin vs. Epoxy resin
6. How much epoxy do I need?
7. Hull surface area calculations
8. Latex paint for your boat
9. Which paint roller to use?
10. Barrier coat epoxies for your hull
11. Brightwork - epoxy and varnish
12. Evaluating your epoxy vendor
13. Treating boat blisters
14. Which vendors' marine epoxy should you use?
15. Polyester vs. epoxy resin
16. Epoxy Pumps (we don't like them - read why)
17. Repairing hairline (surface) cracks in old fiberglass hulls
18. Comparison of marine epoxy putties
19. Getting a smooth, no-sand finish
20. Flex Deck - anti slip deck coating system

We've found that most problems are the result of recoating too soon. Recoat epoxies after 24 hours, for putting different kinds of coatings over each other, wait at least 48 hours.

How much epoxy resin do I need?

Our thanks to Interlux's painting guide for the some of the following:

Area below the waterline (general formula: LOA X beam X .85 = wetted surface area)

Sailboats: 18 ft day sailer 120 squ feet; 21 ft trailerable 160 squ feet; 28 ft racer/cruiser 250 squ feet; 31 ft racer/cruiser 270 squ feet; 36 ft cruiser 330 squ feet; 41 ft cruiser 435; 53 ft cruiser 590 squ feet.

Motorboats: 18 ft runabout 120 squ feet; 21 ft runabout 150 squ feet; 28 ft cruiser 240 squ feet; 32 ft sportfish 300 squ feet; 36 ft cruiser 350 squ feet; 42 ft cruiser 500 squ feet; 53 ft cruiser 650 squ feet.

One Gallon of Epoxy will wet out: 60 squ feet of .75 oz mat; 30 squ ft of 1.5 oz mat; 85 squ feet of 6 oz cloth; 54 squ feet of 10 oz cloth; 35 squ feet of 18 oz woven roving; 28 squ feet of 24 oz woven mat

One of our Premium No Blush users reported back that they used 1 gallon to wet out 42 square feet of 18 oz cloth....

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 squ feet staturated by 1 gal of cloth).

Paul Oman and one of his several sailboats (all of which have his epoxies on them! summer 2000)

above: Paul's summer 2003 sailboat project

below: Paul's stitch and glue project 2/02

Learn about Radio Controlled Sailboating - www.modelyacht.org

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Lean about our USER FRIENDLY PRICES - you save big time! We could have called this section "How you're getting over-charged by the competition!" or "Things Epoxy Manufacturers would rather you didn't know"

Included is a section (warning) about other low cost epoxy vendors - that simply repackage the raw resins from the giant chemical companies, rather than use these raw resins as starting products to formulate unique marine epoxy resin systems the way we and other other large marine epoxy vendors do!

MORE ON OUR PRICES --- I recently attended the 2003 WoodBoat show in Rockland, Maine. Just like at all the other boat show I visit (mostly in the New England area), most of my name brand competitors were exhibiting there. I am always shocked at the prices they charge and get away with. But then it dawned on me -- I would love to exhibit at one of these shows, but the exhibitor fees, travel, hotel, brochures, time and labor costs add up to several thousands of dollars per show. That cost has to be recovered from, not just the sale of more epoxy, but from the profit margin of each additional sale of epoxy. That's hundreds or thousands of gallons of additional epoxy that would need to be sold per show... The only way we could do it would be to add an extra $10 - $20 per gallon to the price of our epoxy. If we did that, our epoxies would cost you the same as our competitors' epoxies. Sure, we would both probably like chatting with each other at the next boat show, but that 'chat' would cost you dearly ($10 - $20 per gallon). We think our epoxies are better than our competitors' products, and because we don't do things like exhibit at trade shows, you get real savings. We hope you see the logic in this.....

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.

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