Im making my first pair of skis for a school project and have a few questions about epoxies.
Many people seem to use the West Systems brand but we're talking coin i cant afford to blow here.
Someone reccomended Mr. Fiberglass, which is said to handle and have similar properties to West systems.
My question is how much epoxy do i need for one pair of skis? and what are some good CHEAP epoxies? can i spend under a hundred dollars on epoxy that WILL WORK for one pair of skis?
Frist timer epoxy question...
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Every wood shop I've worked in used West System for one reason: It's pretty damn fool-proof.
In my opinion, if you're inexperienced with regard to using epoxy, the extra money for one you know will work, even if you don't have everything just-so, may be trivial compared to the cost of losing your core, base, edge, and composite materials due to an epoxy mishap. Save the saving a few bucks on epoxy for when you're sure you've got your process down.
Whatever you end up getting, get enough to mix a few batches and get used to the working time and propertie at different temps and conditions. Try wetting out some scraps of your composites too.
As far as volumes go, I can easily get a snowboard out of a half gallon of West System. Get a friend to build a pair also and split the cost of epoxy, mold materials, and shipping.
In my opinion, if you're inexperienced with regard to using epoxy, the extra money for one you know will work, even if you don't have everything just-so, may be trivial compared to the cost of losing your core, base, edge, and composite materials due to an epoxy mishap. Save the saving a few bucks on epoxy for when you're sure you've got your process down.
Whatever you end up getting, get enough to mix a few batches and get used to the working time and propertie at different temps and conditions. Try wetting out some scraps of your composites too.
As far as volumes go, I can easily get a snowboard out of a half gallon of West System. Get a friend to build a pair also and split the cost of epoxy, mold materials, and shipping.