From plywood on left to kayak on rignt! 
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
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BASIC NO BLUSH™ Marine Epoxy - Selected for the construction
of BIG BLUE, the 14 person vessel seeking the Blue Riband Trophy in The Transatlantic World Record Rowing Expedition
2010. See www.rocexpedition.com |
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Everyone Pays Distributor Prices for our Basic No Blush (tm) Epoxy First the basics: Four things you need to know about marine epoxies
2) The 'standard' epoxies will 'blush' produce a waxy surface film during curing. All the vendors offer better, more expensive, non blushing marine epoxies. Progressive Epoxy (that's us) sells only non blushing marine epoxy (Basic No Blush ™ and Premium No Blush™ , our nonhazmat to ship version). 3) Most epoxies are sold through agents, resellers and distributors. Distributors usually get the epoxy at 50% (40%-60%) off the list price. They double the price and sell it to end users like you. So most epoxies are sold by the manufacturers at 'half price' or 'distributor pricing' to distributors who mark it up and resell it. PROGRESSIVE EPOXY POLYMERS does not use distributors or resellers. You can only get Basic No Blush epoxy directly from us. Compare and you will find our prices are 50% less than the end user prices our competitors list. Our epoxy is equal or better in quality - our prices are 'distributor prices' for everyone. If we used distributors we would need to vastly increase our prices to our customers to match the 100% markup added by distributors. Call it 'distributor pricing for everyone' or ' half price' epoxy - whatever floats your boat!
MAS EPOXY (their Flag Non Blushing Epoxy (1.5 gal unit - approx. $178.98) http://www.masepoxies.com/users/0142C6E0-CF1D-CEE2-59ED58C41CE094DA/library/files/2010%20%20retailjan%201%202010.pdf SYSTEM THREE (their non blushing Silver Tip Epoxy (1.5 gal unit - approx. $175) http://www.systemthree.com/store/pc/SilverTip-Laminating-Resin-c10.htm WEST (their non blushing epoxy/207 cure (1.31 gal unit - approx. $169.16) http://www.westsystem.com/ss/price-list/ PROGRESSIVE EPOXY POLYMERS (epoxyproducts.com & epoxyusa.com - that's us!) Basic No Blush Epoxy (1.5 gal unit - approx. half the price of our competitors) http://www.epoxyproducts.com/1_marineresins.html ... BUY NOW at our second alternative (simple!) web site: www.epoxyusa.com ... We also have the web's largest floor epoxy site and leading pour-on bartop epoxy.
RAKA (a low price epoxy seller - resin and 305 non blushing resin (1.5 gal - 6 quart kit - approx. $105) http://www.raka.com/epoxy_kits.html
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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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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.”
No problem, David. We can sell you an extra quart of curing agent.
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