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Two Part DIY Marine Epoxy Boat Repair -

Patching How-To Page

Example 1) Thickened epoxy - Part Marine Epoxy Boat Repair

Example 2) Fairing the Chipped/Peeled/Damaged Spot

Example 3) Replacing rotten wood - sailboat bowsprit

Example 4) Submerged wood damage - marine railway

Professional Restoration of Wooden Thistle Class Sailboat - link to

DIY fiberglass boat epoxy repair - wooden boat epoxy repair

Tips and Tricks for thick epoxy resin repair projects

Concrete epoxy repair too!

epoxy repair

Epoxy Wooden Boat Repair examples - Marine Epoxy Putty
Epoxy wood / wooden Boat Hull Repair method using thickened marine epoxy examples

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Example 1) Thickened Marine Epoxy DIY Repair

The Problem:

A 5 inch section of the wooden railing on my dinghy (made from quarter round trim wood) had rotted away and needed repair.

Materials Needed:

wood scraps; plastic bag (or wax paper); 2 clamps; thickened epoxy (either an epoxy with thickeners or a pre-thickened epoxy - epoxy used here was our Wet-Dry 700 Kevlar ™ reinforced epoxy paste pigmented with a rust colored powder pigment for easy viewing).

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Epoxy Repair 'Trick'/notes:

Thickened marine epoxies are a pain to work with. They are sticky like taffy and they often droop and sag (like tar) with gravity. When using a putty knife (or your finger!), it drags the epoxy when you attempt to pull your putty knife away from the surface. The best you can do is an uneven repair with a lumpy surface and way too much epoxy to compensate for the epoxy that is dripping or sagging away from the repair site.

Covering the epoxy with thick plastic or wax paper and shaping/forming the epoxy through the plastic is an insider trick. No more epoxy sticking to your fingers/putty knife. Little or no epoxy sagging (use a lot less epoxy!), an epoxy surface as smooth as plastic!

The Epoxy Boat Repair:

I used a piece of wood wrapped in plastic (so the epoxy would not stick to it) under the overhanging lip of the railing and held it in place with the clamps. This provided the 'bottom surface' of the repair.

Next I filled a large portion of the missing railing void space with a small piece of wood (so as to use less epoxy, provide a wood 'core' etc. and just to make things easier to work with).

Then I filled the 'hole' in, around, over, and under the wood insert mentioned above with the thickened epoxy. I just pushed it around filling in all the spaces.

Next I draped plastic over the messy epoxy and smoothed it all out with my hand through the plastic.

I left until the epoxy got hard (cured).

When the epoxy was hard, I peeled off the plastic, clamps and wooden base. What was left is shown in the picture above. Notice how smooth and even the surface is. It is almost a perfect match to the existing surface.

Using a right angle grinder and then a sander I quickly (within about five minutes) removed excess epoxy and got down to a nicely faired surface. A bit of non epoxy exterior putty filled two small blemishes (voids) where there wasn't quite enough epoxy.

Now, its ready for painting!

Thicken our two part Basic No Blush marine epoxy or use our Kevlar (tm) re-inforced epoxy paste - Wet Dry 700 (tm)

Basic No Blush epoxy has its own web page - click here (marine epoxy info site).

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find Wet Dry 700 in our marine epoxy catalog

find Wet Dry 700 and Basic No Blush marine epoxy in our commercial/residential epoxy catalog

Epoxy Crazing Notice/Warning

There are two types of Marine Epoxy Vendors: 1) discount, bulk, REPACKAGERS who simple buy drums of raw resin and raw curing agent(s) from the big chemical companies and fill plastic jugs for resale; 2) FORMULATORS take the raw epoxy chemicals add to them to enhance and improve the raw "moonshine" into a "fine whiskey". Learn more repackagers/formulators.

Our Basic No Blush (tm) is a formulated non blushing epoxy by Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc. (homepage). that includes additions for reduced brittleness and exclusive (only we have it) bubble breakers for a more perfect looking finish. Basic No Blush is the least expensive of the formulated epoxies and considered the best marine epoxy by many ex-users of the other formulated epoxies.

REPACKAGED EPOXY WARNING: Over the years I have seen and had reports of non-formulated, raw resin/cure epoxies (which are extremely hard and brittle) becoming crazed with millions of cracks (like shattered safety glass) in outdoor settings that experience big changes in temperature. Formulated epoxies all seem to be 'fixed' to allow for this expansion and contraction without cracking by making them less brittle and better able to handle internal stresses.

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"I've been using the Basic No Blush epoxy on all my own stuff, and using up all the West epoxy on most customers boats. When the West is finally gone I'll only be using your epoxies. Good stuff. I'm rebuilding an old Rybovich so a big order in the future..." Patrick (comment with on-line order 9/4/07) ---- Order No Blush online

Aluthane (tm) - an MCU sealer/tie coat/color changing sanding base. Use when restoring Wood, Fiberglass, or Metal hulled boats. ALUTHANE.

Example 2) Epoxy Fairing the Chipped/Peeled/Damaged Spot

The Problem:

Peeling blisters of paint coating on old wooden sailboat

Materials Needed:

thinned marine epoxy or Aluthane (tm).

exterior putty or epoxy putty

auto spot repair putty/glaze

coarse and fine or med sand paper

Epoxy Repair 'Trick'/notes:

1) popped open delaminated blisters in paint

2) open up the blister, extend to well bonded areas, and sand down the edge of the blisters with grinder

3) seal the damaged area with either solvent thinned epoxy or 1 part Aluthane (Aluthane used in this example)

Aluthane (tm) - an MCU sealer/tie coat/color changing sanding base. Use when restoring Wood, Fiberglass, or Metal hulled boats. ALUTHANE.

4) exterior putty or epoxy putty over damaged area

5) "Guide Coat" of spray paint on the putty. Used to show low spots when sanding

6) pic #5 after sanding. Nearly all the yellow spray paint guide coat has been sanded away. Any remaining yellow paint shows 'low spots' that need more filling.

7) Low spots, edges etc. filled with Auto Spot Putty which is smoother and denser than the initial putty used above

8) more 'guide coat' yellow on the spot putty prior to sanding

9) after sanding - all the guide coat yellow was removed during sanding of the spot putty. Area is now smooth and faired.

10) the finished 'patch' is now sealed with solvent thinned epoxy or more Aluthane. This protects the putty from the elements and provides a good surface for the topcoat of paint. Skip this step and you will see the outline of the patch in the topcoat of paint as the paint will 'absorb' differently into the putty patches than it does on the surrounding unpatched surfaces. This is shown in the pic above.

Things go better with Fiberglass Cloth

We sell 9 oz fiberglass cloth in 50 yard rolls. Three inch or four inch wide fiberglass "tape". The "tape" is easier for beginners to work with than big sheets of fiberglass - (saturate with epoxy and apply like strips of duct tape). Use for boat-building and/or repair, epoxy pipe wrap projects, and basement leak repair (sort of a dry-wall tape system but using fiberglass cloth and epoxy. Note that when using epoxy and fiberglass cloth, the strength comes from the fiberglass cloth and not the epoxy. - Order the 3 inch or 4 inch fiberglass rolls at either of our on-line stores or call to order your epoxy and cloth - 603 - 435 -7199.

Example 3) Rotten Wood Epoxy Replacement - Sailboat Bowsprit

The Problem: Wood Rot

Rotten Wood Epoxy Repair - Replacement

Sailboat Bowsprit

Using the Wet Dry 700 ™ reinforced two part epoxy paste

wet dry 700 boat repair epoxy paste

1) - view of damaged area

thickened epoxy boat repair 2

2) all rot removed (important in this case to remove all the rotten wood)

bowsprit repair with epoxy resin paste

3) - area to be filled - view 1

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4) area to be filled - view 2

spar repair epoxy 5

5) area/void filled with Wet Dry 700 (tm) epoxy

reinforced epoxy resin boat repair 5

6) hard Wet Dry 700 (tm) epoxy with form removed

rotten wood epoxy repair - 7

7) finished product - repair at other end of spar

Example 4) Marine Railway Underwater Epoxy Repair (8/2011)

The Problem:

Worm/rot damage on the submerged section (13 feet down) of a 300 ton marine railway in New York. Railway is reported to be 100 years old.

The Epoxy Repair:

over 20 gallons of Wet Dry 700 (tm) epoxy mixed with sand and/or small gravel stones applied by divers into the damaged removed voids in the wood.

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After Staining

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Boat Restoration

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Epoxy Bilge Painting Project Click Here.

Yet another rotten plywood boat repair: The Restoration of the famous Leaf blower Powered Dinghy epoxy rot repair project

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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

1) A handful of the giant chemical companies make epoxy resins and curing agents. The major marine epoxy companies - WEST, MAS, SYSTEM THREE, PROGRESSIVE EPOXY (that's us!) purchase these raw materials and then formulate/blend/modify them into their marine epoxy products. The small, discount epoxy sellers buy the bulk raw chemicals from the giant chemical companies and decant them into small units for resale. They do not formulate or modify/blend the raw chemicals. They simply repackage the 'raw' resins.

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 non hazmat 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!

4) INDUSTRY PRICING - MAJOR MARINE EPOXY FORMULATORS/MANUFACTURERS (data collected 7/19/2010)

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) https://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 bar top epoxy.

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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

How to compare marine epoxies

These are several epoxies/products I couldn't imagine not always having on hand...

Wet Dry 700 (tm) - epoxy paste that works underwater. Use to glue/fill/patch - marine epoxy catalog - home/industry epoxy cat. - order/simple web site 2.

ESP 155 (tm) - solvent thinned epoxy sealer, tie coat etc. (not for sale in S. Calif) marine epoxycatalog - home/industry epoxy cat.

Aluthane (tm) - aluminum filled moisture cured urethane - amazing paint product - Aluthane MCU aluminum paint now as its own web page.

Basic No Blush (tm) marine epoxy - if you work on boats, this is the best epoxy at the best price. marine epoxy catalog - order/simple web site 2.

The Marine Epoxy Everything Guide

Everything from user reviews, repair examples,

pricing issues and vendor evaluation tips

Basic No Blush Marine Epoxy Product Page

Basic No Blush 12 oz Marine Epoxy sampler

Marine Epoxy Catalog page (multiple epoxies)

Basic No Blush Marine Epoxy User Reviews / Feedback

How To Evaluating Marine Epoxy brands and Vendors

Marine Epoxy prices - what it really costs!

Marine Epoxy amine blush - what is epoxy Blush?

Dinghy Marine Epoxy boat repair case study

Stitch and glue Marine Epoxy construction

Progressive Epoxy Polymer's marine web site

Buy two part Marine Epoxy now

Massive site of Internet boat links

We also catalog Internet floor epoxy links!

MARINE CATALOG HOMEPAGE

Inside Our Marine Catalog:

Section One TWO PART MARINE EPOXIES- CLEAR EPOXIES

basic no blush epoxy, premium no blush epoxy, esp 155 epoxy, low v epoxy

Section Two FILLERS THICKENERS ADDITIVES

fumed silica; microsphere/balloons; poly fibers; graphite, wood flour; EZ thick; rock flour

Section Three THICKENED EPOXIES - EPOXY PUTTIES, ETC.

wet/dry 700; splash zone; epoxy cream; splash zone a-788

Section Four TWO PART EPOXY PAINTS (barrier coats)

corro coat FC 2100; water gard 300; CM 15; liqua tile 11 72 potable water; rough coat; water prime

Section Five URETHANES AND NON-EPOXY COATINGS Aluthane (aluminum coating); LPU Marine; india spar varnish; acrylic poly uv plus, polyester poly

Section Six NON-SKID DECK COATINGS

walnut shell,; s15

Section Seven MARINE REPAIR PRODUCTS

pipe wrap; fiberglass tape (cloth); Capt. Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure

Section Eight MISC. MARINE PRODUCTS

short nap rollers; TA 661 (solvent free epoxy clean-up); 1 inch foam brushes; 2 inch bristle brushes; tongue depressors

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MPRICES - 2 part marine epoxy pricing issues - CLICK HERE -

MEPOXIES - comparing 2 part clear marine epoxies - CLICK HERE - (you are here already!)

EVAL4U - how to evaluate your marine/non marine epoxy vendor - CLICK HERE -

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Two Part DIY Marine Epoxy Boat Repair -

Patching How-To Page

Example 1) Thickened epoxy - Part Marine Epoxy Boat Repair

Example 2) Fairing the Chipped/Peeled/Damaged Spot

Example 3) Replacing rotten wood - sailboat bowsprit

Example 4) Submerged wood damage - marine railway

Professional Restoration of Wooden Thistle Class Sailboat - link to

DIY fiberglass boat epoxy repair - wooden boat epoxy repair

Tips and Tricks for thick epoxy resin repair projects

Concrete epoxy repair too!

Marine Epoxy Links Page ====> Part #3 Sub-Page ====> This 'Linked To'

epoxy boat repair Sub-Page

EMERGENCY YACHT UNDERWATER REPAIR

keywords= epoxy boat repair

Example 1) Thickened Marine Epoxy DIY Repair

The Problem:

A 5 inch section of the wooden railing on my dinghy (made from quarter round trim wood) had rotted away and needed repair.

Materials Needed:

wood scraps; plastic bag (or wax paper); 2 clamps; thickened epoxy (either an epoxy with thickeners or a pre-thickened epoxy - epoxy used here was our Wet-Dry 700 Kevlar ™ reinforced epoxy paste pigmented with a rust colored powder pigment for easy viewing).

Epoxy Repair 'Trick'/notes:

Covering the epoxy with thick plastic or wax paper and shaping/forming the epoxy through the plastic is an insider trick. No more epoxy sticking to your fingers/putty knife. Little or no epoxy sagging (use a lot less epoxy!), an epoxy surface as smooth as plastic!

The Epoxy Boat Repair:

I used a piece of wood wrapped in plastic (so the epoxy would not stick to it) under the overhanging lip of the railing and held it in place with the clamps. This provided the 'bottom surface' of the repair.

Next I filled a large portion of the missing railing void space with a small piece of wood (so as to use less epoxy, provide a wood 'core' etc. and just to make things easier to work with).

Then I filled the 'hole' in, around, over, and under the wood insert mentioned above with the thickened epoxy. I just pushed it around filling in all the spaces.

Next I draped plastic over the messy epoxy and smoothed it all out with my hand through the plastic.

I left until the epoxy got hard (cured).

When the epoxy was hard, I peeled off the plastic, clamps and wooden base. What was left is shown in the picture above. Notice how smooth and even the surface is. It is almost a perfect match to the existing surface.

Using a right angle grinder and then a sander I quickly (within about five minutes) removed excess epoxy and got down to a nicely faired surface. A bit of non epoxy exterior putty filled two small blemishes (voids) where there wasn't quite enough epoxy.

Now, its ready for painting!

Thicken our two part Basic No Blush marine epoxy or use our Kevlar (tm) re-inforced epoxy paste - Wet Dry 700 (tm)

The Problem:

Peeling blisters of paint coating on old wooden sailboat

Materials Needed:

thinned marine epoxy or Aluthane (tm).

exterior putty or epoxy putty

auto spot repair putty/glaze

coarse and fine or med sand paper Epoxy Repair 'Trick'/notes:

1) popped open delaminated blisters in paint

2) open up the blister, extend to well bonded areas, and sand down the edge of the blisters with grinder

3) seal the damaged area with either solvent thinned epoxy or 1 part Aluthane (Aluthane used in this example)

4) exterior putty or epoxy putty over damaged area

5) "Guide Coat" of spray paint on the putty. Used to show low spots when sanding

6) pic #5 after sanding. Nearly all the yellow spray paint guide coat has been sanded away. Any remaining yellow paint shows 'low spots' that need more filling.

7) Low spots, edges etc. filled with Auto Spot Putty which is smoother and denser than the initial putty used above

8) more 'guide coat' yellow on the spot putty prior to sanding

9) after sanding - all the guide coat yellow was removed during sanding of the spot putty. Area is now smooth and faired.

The Problem: Wood Rot

WOODEN BOAT REPAIR WITH EPOXY

Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc.

www.epoxyproducts.com

Epoxy Wooden Boat Repair examples - Marine Epoxy Putty Epoxy wood / wooden Boat Hull Repair method using thickened marine epoxy examples

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coarse and fine or med sand paper

Epoxy Repair 'Trick'/notes:

Epoxy Wooden Boat Repair examples - Marine Epoxy Putty
Epoxy wood / wooden Boat Hull Repair method using thickened marine epoxy examples