Choosing Glue!

Russell Brown

I was recently asked for help in choosing adhesives for a large spar-building project. This led to much thought and discussion with the wonderful WEST SYSTEM® Technical Advisors. The choices we made won't surprise anyone, but the reasons we made those choices are worth explanation. The Materials We chose WEST SYSTEM 105 Epoxy Resin® with 205 Fast Hardener® (and 206 Slow Hardener® when we needed a little extra working time). We chose this route over pre-thickened adhesives for two important reasons: • The first was the ability to "prime", or saturate the gluing surfaces with unthickened epoxy before applying the thickened epoxy. (It was the same epoxy combination, but fillers were added to create a thickened version.) • The second was the ability to make the thickened epoxy relatively thin…

You're reading a preview of

Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Fall 2023

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.