Quality work starts with Quality materials.
We use Awlgrip for all of our top coat and nonskid applications. The offer a wide range of top of the line products. Whether it’s fairing new glass work with awlfair, filling minor lows by using their high build primer, adding the finishing touches with 545 primer. Finishing off all of our topcoat with the glossy reflective finishes of their awlcraft 2000.
When painting bottoms we use Interlux. Not only for their wide range of macro to micron antifouling paints with multiple finishes, but for their state of the art two part bottom paint primer.
When we replace core we always go back with Diab Divinycell closed cell foam. They offer a wide range of thicknesses and densities. Though it’s our most common core used. We tend to use nomex for our carbon fiber projects in areas where applicable. Coosa board and G10 are used for structural purposes depending on the need for reinforcement.
When it comes to the fiberglass and resins we use. It all depends on the job, structural purposes, and weather. There are a handful of different types of weaves and weights fiberglass and carbon fiber can come in. What’s used on your job is all determined by the preexisting laminate and tensile strength.
Three types of resins are used; Polyester, Vinylester, and Epoxy. Quality falls in that order. Within those resins there are countless different additives that make the resins thicker and less viscose, thinner with more viscosity, accelerators and inhibitors, wax, ext…
Every job has a unique laminate schedule and lamination process that calls for a certain resin.