Matt wrote: >> Quick question. You know how you have to scuff up (or use peel ply) on epoxy laminates to get a good bond when adding to them? Does the same apply to Vinyl Ester Resin laminates, or is the chemistry different so as the VE would "rebond" to itself?<<
I don't claim to be an expert on VE, but I believe I remember Dan Diehl saying that the surface scum must be removed with solvent (mek, maybe) and then the VE sanded down to bare fiberglass to get a good bond. It's a lot easier with epoxy than it is with VE... A trip through the archives searching for "vinyl ester" would probably illuminate you some more. See http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp , where I got 138 hits on that keyword... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
