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Epoxy: Build with epoxy floor paint?
By:yellowbelly
Date: 3/10/2012, 8:38 am

It's called epoxy but can it replace epoxy resin?

Thinking of building a canoe and found this thread on another forum;
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?33796-Canoe-build-on-a-budget
. . . a 3mm ply strip canoe coated with 30gsm cloth and floor varnish epoxy.

The resulting canoe has failed, splitting along a strip, maybe because the ply is so thin, maybe because the cloth is so thin, maybe because the 'paint' hasn't cured properly. None of the replys make any comment about whether the epoxy paint is ever going to be suitable for laminating. If you could replace epoxy resin with epoxy paint it would make a build a good deal cheaper. Ebay listing URL below.

I wondered whether anyone here has technical knowledge of epoxy paint to comment.

. . . Ben

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5LTRS-GARAGE-INDUSTRIAL-EPOXY-RESIN-FLOOR-PAINT-/230757022592?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Paint_Varnish_MJ&hash=item35ba30bb80

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Epoxy: Build with epoxy floor paint?
yellowbelly -- 3/10/2012, 8:38 am
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John Abercrombie -- 3/10/2012, 1:29 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 3/10/2012, 2:03 pm
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dave g -- 3/10/2012, 11:00 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 3/11/2012, 1:49 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/11/2012, 4:48 am
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Bob Johns -- 3/11/2012, 6:54 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/11/2012, 5:15 am
Does this guy...
Brian Nystrom -- 3/11/2012, 11:02 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/11/2012, 11:36 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/11/2012, 1:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2012, 3:11 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/12/2012, 9:10 am
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Charles Robinson -- 3/12/2012, 12:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2012, 1:12 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/13/2012, 6:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2012, 1:14 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/12/2012, 8:01 pm
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yellowbelly -- 3/13/2012, 6:39 pm