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Vinyl Ester Resin - where do you get it from? | 3 comments (3 topical, editorial)
Re: Vinyl Ester Resin - where do you get it from? (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Capt Slog (Capt.Slog(at this)gmail.com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 07:13:06 AM MST
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I'm in the UK too.

I used 'Fastglas' resin that is for automotive fibreglass repairs, I think this is polyester.  It cost around £13 for possibly a litre and I bought some fibreglass tissue at the same time.  I put a couple of layers of tissue in the mould, painted them with mixed resin, put in the coils, filled with resin and then put on more tissue followed by the lid.

I had to very quick because it set in around 15 mins.

One year on it's still ok, but I have a feeling that it's slightly brittle stuff and I'm usually quite careful handling it, perhaps needlessly; it could be much stronger than I think.

You get what you pay for of course, and I didn't want to pay a lot, trying to make the turbine on a very tight budget.  The only other options I could find were buying large amounts of stuff or very high prices.

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Re: Vinyl Ester Resin - where do you get it from? (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by Flux on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 01:48:22 PM MST
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Polyfibre in Birmingham list it but you need to look under epoxy to find it if I remember.

Flux

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Re: Vinyl Ester Resin - where do you get it from? (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by waterleat (waterleat2000 at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:29:28 PM MST
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thank you Flux
www.polyfibre.co.uk

I have also found it listed at CFS in Redruth, Cornwall under Special Purpose Resins
www.cfsnet.co.uk

However they sell it in 5kg as the smallest size - I had hoped to find it in smaller quantities

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