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Re: Dash delamination / Epoxy technology

To: alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net, hillman@can-inc.com
Subject: Re: Dash delamination / Epoxy technology
From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:22:33 EST
Listers,
    Here in Seattle, there are several different Epoxy manufacturers 
competing for the boat building trade.  Unlike polyesters (like Varithane), 
Epoxy remains flexible as well as waterproof, which makes it ideal for the 
hot / cold / damp / dry atmosphere an automobile is exposed to.  Take a look 
at a typical Pizza-Parlor table, and you will often see a cracked Polyester 
surface...that is a Polyester resin shrinking.  If the table is yellowed, 
that is UV damage.  Modern special-purpose epoxies have good UV resistant 
barriers, Such as System-3 Bartop.  
    You do NOT want uncured Epoxy on your skin: exposure to Epoxy resin is 
known to cause a chemical sensitivity that does not go away, and repeated 
exposure will cause liver damage.  NEVER  wash cured or uncured Epoxy from 
your hands with a solvent: use soap and water or a product like Boraxo.  I 
recommend you contact an Epoxy-specific store and question them about their 
products, as the technology is constantly improving, and it is replacing 
polyester in many fields.  Neat stuff!
Jim Leach   PTC  Seattle  

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