TotalBoat Polyester Finishing Resin

I was concerned about the viscosity when poring out of the can but it was just right when used with either mat of biaxial. It didn't run when used vertically. I also used it with glass microspheres with good results.

Yes there are less expensive alternatives, but you can't go wrong with total boat products!

Great for final coat to cure laminating resin or structural repair putty. Great for mixing thickened resin that you want to sand. Doesn't clog up sanding pads when sanding.

I'm completing the build of a Bocar XP-5 Sports Car Special. The original fiberglass shell body is one piece that requires cutting out of hood,rear deck lid, doors etc.. There's no fault for TotalBoat, I just ordered the wrong resin. I have located a Bondo resin with proper viscosity for lay-up. All other items in this order are excellent. Thank you for your concern... I'll continue to order your products in the future.

Working in colder weather switching from Apoxsee resin to the polyester resin made a huge difference

Let me preface by saying I've used epoxy on other boat projects and I do love Total Boat epoxies. This rebuild of a really old boat was cost prohibitive to use just epoxy, as many gallons will be needed. After dithering for far too long, I bought the bullet and ordered Total Boat polyester resin. Gotta say, I'm loving it. The wet out on 1708 is very quick. With epoxy, you really have to work to wet it out due to the thicker viscosity. Total Boat polyester resin seems to just soak in with minimal working. That's great to have when you're under a time crunch and a lot of cloth to wet out before it starts to gel. This, granted, is only my second brand of polyester resin to try. But I am really liking it so far. ITs a bit scary figuring out the MEKP ratios at first, not as easy as just counting pumps of epoxy, or measuring in cups. But, a few quarts in, you get the ""feel"" of it, and you're wetting out glass quick. I'd not hesitate to recommend it to other do it yourself, weekend warriors, and others that are refurbishing/totally reconstructing old boats, or making repairs or changes to any boat. Plus, there are tons of videos, look at Tales form a Shipwright, and Boatworks Today on YouTube for inspiration and ""how to's.""

Other than the waxy finish dulling my bright colors i know the wax will help protect and seal the surface to hopefully help it to survive the brutal Northern Maine Weather.

This resin is blue then goes green to pink then clear The color change is great . Let's you know what is happening chemically

Hey - Totally my fault, but I mixed too little hardner and have a mess on my boat. When the resin says 1 teaspoon per quart and you provide a graduated measuring device (pipette), the natural assumption is that the graduations are in teaspoons. If they are not, please include a note card with the pipette to alert the idiot mixing it up that 1 equals 20 drops and there are 76 drops to a teaspoon. Sheesh -that's some very basic marketing that you can easily remedy. Again, I take full responsibility as there are many ways I could avoid such mishaps - like making an experimental batch first - easy. Anyway - just a suggestion - an easy fix for Jamestown Distributors.

mixing times are accurite , dont add a little more hardner [just in case]