Hopefully Bill Hough will chime in on this one. Bill helped my install my Gulf flares and I remember him telling me that he preferred to use vinyl ester resin instead of the more common (and more readily available) polyester resin for wet layup work. He also told me NOT to use the West Systems epoxy I have in my basement, although I don't recall why.
Anyway, I'm getting ready to install my Gurney bubble and I've stopped at a couple marine supply places looking for vinyl ester resin with no success. I was getting ready to make an order with Aircraft Spruce, but the description on their web site says, "Shelf life of promoted vinyl ester resin is short at only a few months." Given the rate at which I work it's entirely possible that the product would be beyond its shelf life before I even opened the bottle!
Anyway, I'm looking for information regarding which type of resin to use. Thanks.
Anyway, I'm getting ready to install my Gurney bubble and I've stopped at a couple marine supply places looking for vinyl ester resin with no success. I was getting ready to make an order with Aircraft Spruce, but the description on their web site says, "Shelf life of promoted vinyl ester resin is short at only a few months." Given the rate at which I work it's entirely possible that the product would be beyond its shelf life before I even opened the bottle!
Anyway, I'm looking for information regarding which type of resin to use. Thanks.