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Progressive Epoxy Polymers,
Inc. Newsletter
Value Based Epoxies
Late Summer 2013 |
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PROGRESSIVE
EPOXY OFFERS MULTI VENDOR
EPOXY SOLUTIONS. Largest
selection of two part LPU
urethanes, epoxy fillers,
NSF 61 approved epoxies,
pipe wraps products, low
temp winter epoxies, barrier
coats, and more! Home of:
WET/DRY 700™ Kevlar™
underwater epoxy paste and
the low cost Basic No Blush™
marine epoxy.
Now At: epoxyproducts.com --
and -- epoxyUSA.com
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WHAT'S NEW AT
PROGRESSIVE EPOXY
POLYMERS, INC. |
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Summer is
drawing to a
close. I
don't see
why folks
like the
burning,
energy
sapping rays
of the
summer sun.
Sunny days
in the 50s
and 60s (or
cooler) are
much more to
my liking.
Ditto for
epoxies too.
Epoxies like
cooler
temperatures
- or at
least those
that use
them enjoy
the longer
pot life
times
associated
with coolers
temps. Every
18 degrees
cooler
doubles the
pot life -
working time
of epoxy
(simply the
temperature
affects on
chemical
reactions).
With the
cooler
temperatures,
epoxy
usage
picks
up. Time
to fix
the boat
or begin
to
purchase
products
for that
winter
boat
building
project.
Time to
coat
that
pebble
deck,
paint
the
garage
floor,
fix
those
rotten
window
frames
before
winter.
Lots of
things
to do
before
(for
most of
us) cool
and
comfortable
becomes
freezing
and too
cold!
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Quick Links
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LIKE US ON
FACEBOOK
Our business
marketing is by
WORD OF MOUTH.
Please recommend
our epoxies to
your DIY repair
friends, boat
buddies, and
maintenance
associates.
Forward this
newsletter to
them and have
them sign-up on
our newsletter
list. Have them
call us or email
us with their
repair issues
and projects.
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What
We Do - Our
Market Niche
Five Things
We're Masters Of
We have perhaps
the most diverse
line of epoxy
anywhere on the
Internet. So
what is it we
specialize in?
1) All
things
marine -
boat
building and
repair
epoxy,
fillers and
fiberglass,
barrier
coats etc.BOAT
LINKS page.
2) All
things
floors -
several
different
floor
epoxies and
associated
products. FLOOR
LINKSpage.
3)
Industrial
epoxy and no
epoxy paints
and repair
products for
home and
business REPAIR
LINKSpage.
4) Coatings
education.
Learn about
epoxies and
coatings EDUCATION
LINKS
page.
5) Pour On
epoxy bar
top and
table top
resin CLICK
HERE.
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Product Upgrade
Goes Bad
Our Quick Fix
2300 non-hazmat,
underwater epoxy
paste is a nice
product, but
with a few
shortcomings. It
bonds to
surfaces well
enough, but not
good enough for
structural
repairs and not
with the kind of
tenacious bond
associated with
other
epoxies. It is a
fast setting
epoxy (thanks to
its mercaptan
cure - which
smells like
rotten eggs and
often forms a
'skin' on the
surface of the
curing agent)
and very useful
to quick filling
and void
patching both
underwater and
on dry surfaces.
Recently we
changed the
formulation
slightly by
adding something
to improve the
adhesion. I
didn't notice
any change in
the product or
its adhesion.
Months passed
and I recently
opened some 1
gal kits to make
quart kits.
Well, the part A
resin with the
additive had
become almost
rock-like.
Almost too thick
to scoop and
with a hard skin
on top.
Over a period of
a few months
that additive
had slowly
thickened to
part A making it
useless. The
immediate
solution is to
go back to the
original
formulation for
the Part A and
in the long term
replace the
product entirely
with something
new and
different.
In the meanwhile
sales of QF
2300, and QR
2400 (which uses
the same part A)
have been
suspended. Who
would have
guessed that a
minor
improvement
would come back
to haunt us
months later?
Still, I'm glad
to say that I'm
hands on enough
to have caught
the problem
before it caused
a customer a
problem. A
simple epoxy
reseller or
distributor
would never
have attempted
to 'fix' a good
product in the
first place,
never mind
catching
unexpected
happenings from
that fix months
later.
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Google Vs.
Bing
Every day
(including
weekends!) I
work on the
multiple
websites I
manage for
our epoxies.
The goal is
to rank high
in the
search
engines. I'm
plugged into
all the tips
and tricks,
hits and
warnings
about what
to do and
what not to
do and most
of my daily
web work is
in fixing or
adding those
changes. We
are an
internet
company, so
all of our
business
comes from
the internet
(plus loads
of repeat
business
which
usually
started from
an internet
search).
Yahoo search
and Bing
search are
now one and
the same. I
like Bing
because it
always has a
wonderful
daily
picture
(sometime
interactive)
to greet me
each day.
However,
Google still
dominates
the search
engine
marketplace.
Both Bing
and Google
use some
secret
formula for
ranking
pages on
their search
engines. Our
company web
pages always
seem to rank
much higher
(often near
the very
top) in Bing
than they do
in Google.
I regularly
test terms
like, Epoxy,
Marine
Epoxy, Best
Marine
Epoxy, Floor
Epoxy, Epoxy
Paint, etc.
We many be
in the top
10 listings
in Bing and
not even
found in the
first ten
pages of
Google
search
results.
Whatever I'm
doing with
the web
pages, Bing
likes us,
but Google
doesn't.
Those
companies
are always
adjusting
their search
ranking
formula.
Hopefully
the growing
support of
Bing will
get Google
to change
things to be
more like
Bing.
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Coal Tar
Epoxy
Coal tar
epoxy is an
epoxy that
has been
around for
decades. It
contains
coal tar and
is black in
color.
Historically
it has been
used on
barges and
marine
piers. The
coal tar
additive
provides
extra
waterproofing,
flex and a
lower price.
Unfortunately
coal tar
also has
suspected
health
issues,
especially
when used in
solvent
based
products
that can
transport
the coal tar
across and
into the
skin.
Our Coal Tar
epoxy uses a
high end
epoxy in a
solvent free
setting. It
is certainly
the "good
stuff" or
the "high
end" coal
tar epoxy.
But that
said, my
formulator
tells me the
EPA is
making
harder and
harder to
get the
products
needed to
make coal
tar epoxy.
We have a
few two
gallon kits
of our Coal
Tar epoxy in
stock.
How much
longer we
will be able
to offer it
is
uncertain.
Please note
that our CM
15 black
epoxy paint
is our non
coal tar -
coal tar
epoxy
equivalent.
It behaves a
lot like a
coal tar
epoxy, but
without the
coal tar.
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Aluthane
For Floors
Our very
popular
Aluthane
product as
been
mentioned in
our
newsletters
more than
once. This
aluminum
filled,
moisture
cured
urethane
(MCU) has
outstanding
bonding to
surfaces and
can be left
in its
natural
aluminum
color or top
coated with
enamel with
the Aluthane
acting as
bonding
primer.
I received
an email on
Aug. 7th
from Sgt.
Josh X
reminding me
how well it
also works
on floors.
"Hello, Have
used
aluthane
before and
it is an
amazing
product.
Applied it
to a shop
floor 6
years ago
and no chips
or
scratches."
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Secret Filler
Recipe
(second request)
We sell a
number of
epoxy
fillers,
thickeners
and
additives,
used mostly
by our boat
building and
boat repair
customers.
Some folks
even have
their own
'special
blend' of
fillers and
thickeners
that they
use in their
projects.
Email us at pauloman555@yahoo.com with
your filler
and
thickener
favorites,
tips and
tricks,
experiences
etc. and
we'll share
them on our
web site.
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We Got Hit By
The
"Getty Images"
Extortion Scam"
Getty Images
and its
legal
representatives
have an
image
'copyright
infringement
scam going
that has hit
thousands
and
thousands of
web sites,
blogs etc.
We go hit
this year.
They mass
mail
hundreds of
letters
(first class
pre sort -
500 piece
min) stating
you have
illegally
used some
UNIDENTIFIED
image(s)
they own and
demanding
lots of
money under
threat of
legal
action.
Google
"Washington
State Getty
Images
Complaints"
results in
over 3
million
hits. Google
"Getty
Images Scam"
had you get
back over
500,000
hits.
Any free
advice or
help on how
to handle
this would
be much
appreciated.
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How To Reach
Us....
We are
essentially an
internet based
provider of
coatings (mostly
epoxies) over
the Internet.
Unlike many
other web based
companies, we do
take phone
calls. Our one
phone line
(603-435-7199)
is answered Mon.
-Thur. 10:30 - 3
EST. That
doesn't mean we
only work those
hours! There are
lots of things
that need doing
away from the
desk and
telephone.
Orders get
packed Sunday
night through
Thursday night
(in advance of
the next day's
UPS pickup).
Many of you know
we respond to
emails almost
365 days of the
year, several
times a day.
Our third party
storefront
(access via our
Contact Page (www.epoxyproducts.com/contact.html)
accepts orders
from the lower
48 states 24/7.
Orders placed
from Thursday
through Sunday
get packed on
Sunday night and
go out on
Monday.
The storefront
doesn't actually
process or run
your credit
card. We do that
manually just
prior to the UPS
pickup (which is
usually the next
day after your
order - Monday -
Friday).
Most of our
solvent free (0%
voc) products
are available on
our second, more
simple web site. www.epoxyusa.com.
You can 'run'
your order
online to
compute shipping
costs and then
cancel before
the order is
actually saved.
We do eyeball
the shipping
charges for all
online orders.
Usually they are
pretty much
right on track,
but if you order
20 yards of
fiberglass, it
computes the
shipping as 20
separate one
yard orders
which is
something we
correct!
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