polyester vs west system resin

[Jesse J]

For glassing the outside of a 30 yr old balsa tug, are there important benefits of west system over regular fiberglass polyester resin? or would polyester work just as good in this application?

Thanks

[detox]

Polyester is lots cheaper and can be purchased at HomeDepot. Easy to sand also.

[detox]

Setup time will be quicker than West finishing resin. Depends on how much hardener you add. If more polyester hardener is added than recommended it will setup quicker.


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[Jesse J]

Cool, thanks for the input. This is dad's build and he just wants more strength and water tight hull. I will recommend that he go polyester which he is familiar with.

cheers
J

[Jeff Wohlt]

Yes but West was designed for boats and is the industry best. Seems high but goes along way.

[longballlumber]

Here is a search I did on google... If your looking for strength and water tightness, I would go with West Systems... Just my $.02

http://www.redrockstore.com/resin.htm

Mike