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Re: Epoxy: Cost of epozy
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/21/2011, 7:46 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Cost of epozy (Robert N Pruden)

: Donnie suggested a few years ago that most resins come from the
: same plant. Not sure if it's true but that makes sense to
: me...practically all appliances sold in Canada are made in the
: same factory using the same parts, just different brand names.

: Robert N Pruden

I would suspect that there are only a couple chemical plants that make the basic epoxy formulation, what's done to that afterwards though changes considerably from one company to another.

You can buy, though in huge quantities, epoxy pretty cheap from places like Shell Oil, but it's nothing like what you'd use on your boat. Most require high heat and pressure to cure, how it's used in industry.

Bill H.

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Epoxy: Cost of epozy
Farback -- 5/15/2011, 9:27 pm
Re: Epoxy: Cost of epozy
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 12:33 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 5/16/2011, 11:56 am
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Farback -- 5/16/2011, 12:09 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 5/16/2011, 2:31 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/16/2011, 12:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 2:19 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 5/16/2011, 4:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/17/2011, 12:49 am
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Stephen Troy -- 5/17/2011, 11:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2011, 12:58 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/18/2011, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 2:13 am
Re: Epoxy: Cost of epozy
Robert N Pruden -- 5/20/2011, 6:46 pm
Re: Epoxy: Cost of epozy
Bill Hamm -- 5/21/2011, 7:46 am