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supplier of polyester resin near Reading
stevebubs - 28/5/08 at 11:59 PM

Can anyone recommend anywhere (or have any lying around? Had less than I thought I did and need another 5kgs to finish the job I'm doing...

Ta

[Edited on 28/5/08 by stevebubs]

Mr Whippy - 29/5/08 at 09:03 AM

Buy it online, I use the boat materials suppliers, plenty around and they usually have a wide selection of different sorts of resin (there are many types) most are 1-2 day delivery

stevebubs - 29/5/08 at 09:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Buy it online, I use the boat materials suppliers, plenty around and they usually have a wide selection of different sorts of resin (there are many types) most are 1-2 day delivery


1-2 days isn't much use as I'm only off work for another day - hence wanting to find a local supplier I can go and pick some up from *today*

Also the postage, etc is prohibitive for smallish quantities - a £14 tin from CFS becomes £25

pewe - 29/5/08 at 11:48 AM

Steve, you could try some of the boatyards in Reading or Henley there are 3 or 4 Boat Builders/Repairers in Thompsons Local plus there's Euroclassic Boats in Wokingham 0118 969 1881.
Be interested on some feedback if you have time.
Cheers, Pewe

stevebubs - 29/5/08 at 02:39 PM

Managed to source some from C & H Mouldings who are based in Hobb's Boatyard in Henley

Not as cheap as CFS but got what I needed.

stevebubs - 29/5/08 at 02:40 PM

PS If anyone needs Lotus Elise parts, they've got splitters & roofs....

stevebubs - 29/5/08 at 10:28 PM

OK...been out and used their stuff tonight.

It's from Scott Bader and needs a slightly different technique to the CFS stuff.

1) It's coloured blue when in liquid form; when it reaches gel time, it turns yellowish.

2) unlike the CFS stuff, the time spent in a gel state seems to be quite a bit longer before it actually sets properly (stuff I did an hour or so ago are still gel)

Other than that, it appears to work fine - I'll let you know tomorrow if it cures properly