Lee, I have used Aeropoxy and West System epoxy. I have found no difference in their characteristics. That does not mean there may be chemical differences, but I don't know this. West System does have the fast and slow hardeners, and a very useful pump system (about $10.00 for a set). By using the West System pumps for their resin and hardener, you don't have to weigh them out to get the proper ratio. I also use the West System pumps to dispense other epoxy resins and vinyl ester resin. I pump these into the mixing cup on an electronic scale, since the pump calibration for volume would not be valid. For the SportAir composites work shops offered by EAA, we also use the West System pumps to dispense all manner of resins with minimal drips and slop. When you have ten or fifteen students doing epoxy work at the same time, fast and efficient dispensing really is nice. In my home shop I have 7 sets of these pumps, each dedicated to a particular resin system. One of the convenient factors with the West System is I can buy this at West Marine and True Value hardware stores and don't need to pay shipping. I get other supplies from Aircraft Spruce; they ship UPS ground and I get it 5 days after placing the order. AS has not missed one of my orders in the 18 years I have been dealing with them.
Sid Wood, KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD sidney.w...@titan.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:19 AM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR>epoxy resin Lee Van Dyke wrote: >> I am fiberglassing my new Elevator and I would like to find out which combination of Resin will give me the hardest/ most rigid result. ????? << My personal favorite for laminating is Aeropoxy 3660/2032. I've tried several and it's one that I've had no allergic reaction to for over 8 years. Some others like West too, but I'm not sure if they've tried Aeropoxy. Maybe somebody that's tried both will chime in. Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
