BASIC NO-BLUSH™ MARINE EPOXY

OFFERED BY: Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc.

From plywood on left to kayak on rignt!

Building TOTO - a plywood Stitch and Glue Kayak build by the owner of Progressive Epoxy Polymers using Basic No Blush marine epoxy - CLICK HERE

Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc., has intentionally set out to shake-up the boating community by developing and offering a non-blushing, BASIC NO-BLUSH™ marine epoxy resin and curing agent pricedsignificantly below currently available prices of all other competitors'(RAKA, MAS, Everstar, WEST, System Three) blushing epoxies. The competitors' non-blushing epoxies are even more costly CLICK HERE FOR PRICE COMPARISONS.

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No Blush™ Product Philosophy:

Basic No Blush™ is our cornerstone product. It was designed and priced to "Knock the socks off the competition" in quality and price and thus steal enough of their business to quickly make us profitable and successful. We still follow that plan.

We are about half the price of our most of our competitors who can probably make their epoxy much cheaper than we can. Their cost are most certainly under $35 per gallon - probably well under. Their distributors typically get 50 or 60 percent off list price, and you know the manufacturer is still making a great profit even then. Bottom line - any product sold through agents and distributors has to have huge markups to keep everyone in business. You pay a hefty premium for the convenience of buying it locally. Also, every color brochure, every trade show display and every 800 telephone number is costing you several additional dollars per gallon. While these ‘extras' are nice when you initially begin using a product, to have to keep paying for them purchase after purchase, year after year, becomes very expensive.

We don't have distributors. You have to buy direct from us. To keep our price really low, our markup is not large enough to be of interest to any distributor and there is no room in the price structure for massive discounts. The mark-up on our Basic No Blush™ remains the lowest of all our products, in accordance with our efforts to capture our competitors' customers. For you that means the best epoxy bargain in terms of price and performance available anywhere.

When comparing epoxies from different vendors note the following details (besides price):

1) like the epoxies from the major marine epoxy vendors, our epoxy is formulated for specific properties using resins and curing agents from the tiny number of giant chemical companies that make the raw epoxy chemicals. Generally the ‘budget marine epoxy' vendors simply repackage the bulk raw resins from those giant chemical companies;

2) the differences in the mix ratios between Part A and Part B don't really tell you much about the epoxy except that the Part B is way more expensive than the Part A resin so that the less Part B needed per unit of Part A means more profit for the manufacturer (and a somewhat more likely chance of an off-ratio mix for the user);

3) Non blushing (or more accurately ‘less likely to blush') epoxy curing agents cost more than the ‘regular' curing agents. We use the non blushing curing agents. Most of our competitors also offer non blushing marine epoxy, but at a much higher price than their ‘regular' epoxy. Our Basic No Blush™ is much cheaper than even their ‘regular' marine epoxy. Be sure you are comparing ‘apples to apples';

4) we do have large volume prices for 15 and 30 gallon units shipped direct from the factory (and usually made specifically for your order) and packaged in five gallon pails. What makes this especially appealing is that our customers can order any amount of the epoxy, from 15-29 gallons, at the per gallon price of the 15 gallon kits. If you need 22 gallons of epoxy for your project, you don't need to order two 15 gallon units, you can order just 22 gallons. The same applies with the 30 gallon unit pricing and orders over 30 gallons. And you get freshly made product, not old inventory;

5) our regular non blushing curing agent accounts for most of the Basic No Blush™ sales, but we do offer curing agents for use in very cold or very hot weather. While these curing agents cost more, we charge the same price for them in our 1.5 gallon kits (1 gallon of resin and ½ gallon of curing agent). Unlike our competitors who make you pay the difference, we swallow the extra cost, keeping it simple (and cheaper) for you.

11/24/08 AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm doing epoxy/fiberglass cloth boat building here in NH using the Basic No Blush 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.

Customer confirms it: "I just used your lo temp resin on a cedar strip canoe and it is excellent. Temp droped to 31 deg. at night and the resin came out next morning glass hard and clear as air. --- Mark S."

Our web site is full of pictures and emails from happy Basic No Blush™ users. Many of them were/are experienced users of the other brands of marine epoxies with high expectations of what to expect in a marine epoxy. Usually it is/was price that gets them to give us a try (exactly our plan since day one!), but it is/was performance that gets them to send us pictures and email notes.

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We were pleased to discover that our Basic No Blush™ epoxy is also ideal for the construction and the resealing of ‘pebble decks' common around swimming pools and patios. The right combination of price, performance and viscosity (not too thin, not too thick) has made it a favorite with pebble deck owners for almost a decade. This market now accounts for about 25% of the Basis No Blush™ sales.

Note that our Premium No Blush™ epoxy uses a more pure and higher grade of resin as well as a special amber colored curing agent that can be air shipped both nationally and internationally without extra fees or paperwork. The Basic No Blush™, on the other hand, can only be shipped by ground and only in the lower 48 states.

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OUR BEST SELLING PRODUCT BY FAR! PEOPLE BUY IT, TRY IT, AND COME BACK FOR MORE!

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

Subject: boat
Date: 16 Jan 2004 16:46:16 -0600
From: Mike and Denise <fields@ozarkisp.net>
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 Sensativity 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.”

Subject: additional curing agent
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:01:09 -0800 (PST)
From: David <bbbbbbb@yahoo.com>
To: info@epoxyproducts.com

I bought a 3 gallon kit of basic no blush 2 last summer and have been very pleased with it. It's good stuff and I could afford
to make learning curve type mistakes at your price. The high cost of epoxy at the local West Marine store was just too
much and it kept me away from epoxy for too long.

I will be ordering more soon but I'm coming up short on the curing agent, I spilled some a while back. Would it be possible
to buy an additional quart when I make my next order?

Thanks, David

No problem, David. We can sell you an extra quart of curing agent.