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Offline Phil Alderson

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Resins for Fairing
« on: January 18, 2012, 09:09:40 PM »
I have been using sicomin 8500 for most of my epoxying for a while now, I was at the fairing stage of my new centerboard when I ran out. I went to my local chandlers and bought some West 105 just to get things finished.
It is just not as good for fairing, it seems stickier and I can't get such a smooth finish with the squegee.

I am not sure if I would have noticed if I had not been using a different resin just previously. It got me wondering if anyone else had noticed differences like this or knew of a "best" combination for fairing.

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Re: Resins for Fairing
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 11:15:47 PM »
Sorry, I have tried to avoid fairing anything for a while but will soon have to do some.  The new t foil is getting close to that stage.  I have mostly used sicomin 8200 which is a stronger laminating resin but is quite multipurpose as 8500 is.  Wiz reccomended 8500 for fairing instead of the 8200 because it is not quite so hard. 
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