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07-16-2005, 08:01 AM

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5gallons (20l) of resin, 10linear yards of matte, and 500ml of catalyst cost me about $200 taxes in.

Gloves, brushes, sticks, containers are maybe $20.

07-16-2005, 08:18 AM

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Whoa, where the heck are you buying your supplies????

07-17-2005, 12:31 PM

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Dukk: where do you buy youre stuff? I was told that westmarine was going to be the cheapest place in the GTA.

07-19-2005, 05:41 PM

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I get mine from IPP. They don't have any locations in the east though. For about $250 I got 5 gallons of resin, 16 yards of mat, enough catalyst to last me for 10 gallons of resin, 50 brushes, 2 boxes of large gloves, and 10-15 mixing buckets.

07-19-2005, 05:57 PM

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I just bought 5 gallons of resin (high quality, not the cheap IPP stuff) a gallon of catalyst in red (which is more money), 5 gallon of acetone, box of brushes, box of gloves and a catalyst dispenser cost me $184

07-19-2005, 06:43 PM

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Tim, where do you get youre stuff? Or do you get it through your shop and thus it is cheaper...

man...i cant believe how much I paid considering that marine shops are "supposed" to be the cheapest places...dammit.

07-20-2005, 09:44 AM

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I buy from a company called Composites One, they have tons of offices all over NA, they can direct you to retailers.

Most marine resin is waxed which is evil unless your working on a boat................there are many levels to resin............most are crap.......

07-20-2005, 11:45 AM

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Tzu, try this place:

Canada Composites
905-629-3178
5205 Timberlea Boulevard,
Mississauga, ON L4W 2S3

I always get my supplies there. 5 gallons of resin is about $115 and 1.5oz matte is about $4/yard. Best is to get a roll and you'd be paying less than half per yard. All the supplies there are very reasonably priced. Good luck!

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07-20-2005, 05:05 PM

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Wow I cant believe how much I over paid. I'm an idiot.

Anyway, I have the front of the box fibreglassed up and i just did a couple layers around the edges just to make sure about sealing...I sanded some of the box and it looks lik eit is turning out alright, however, I think I need to add plentyyyyy of bondo to get the look i want. Will layers of bondo stick well without cracking and all that? Where can I buy some for cheap?

BTW, did it just get itchy in here or was that just me... [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img]