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mscres · Guest

Please help.
Anyone can tell me the expense per square footage of fiberglass/epoxy?
I need it for every thickness of fiber glass? TIA

Steve Lusardi · Guest

If you have to ask that question and you are deciding to build a boat.
Don't, you can't afford it. The hull is the least expensive of all items in
a boat project.
Steve

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derbyrm · Guest

Go to http://www.systemthree.com/index_2.asp
Register to be a member (free, good folks).
Download their "The Epoxy Book," "Catalog," and "Price List." (pdf files)
(free)
In Appendix D, Section 10, of The Epoxy Book you will find the coverage
expected. I've also seen the thickness expected, but that may have applied
to their finishing products. Add 20% for waste.

System Three and the West System will be comparable in prices, Raka is
cheaper, but I haven't used it. Similar data for the West System will be
found in "Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction." (not free)

A bit of work, but it is YOUR project.

Roger
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Guy · Guest

I tried to get the Epoxy Book, but had trouble registering with System
Three. The delay in my email confirmation might be at my server's end.
But I did get a copy without a hitch at:

http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Catalog/Epoxy/epoxy.html#SystemThree

Guy

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mscres · Guest

Thanks, I went to the site and got the book.

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Guy · Guest

When you do your analysis, I would greatly appreciate knowing the
results. I think it's about $1 per square foot. Even two or three
times that is not a great expense, compared with the entire cost of
building. Therefore, I agree with advice given earlier: If the cost
of fiberglassing a wooden boat intimidates you, you shouldn't be
building one.

On the other hand, a cataloge of all boatbuilding costs is worth having
in order to facilitate decision making. If you can chip away at the
cost of every component, it should make make a difference.

One source of less-than-reliable information is Michalak's essay "Boat
Costs" which can be found in a wonderful collection through any of the
following links:

http://homepages.apci.net/~michalak/#INDEX
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/1999/1015/Index.htm#BOAT
COSTS

The information is faulty only because it is dated, and because
Michalak was understandably too busy to carefully research the
question. I have high regard for him.

Guy Vandegrift
http://faculty.valpo.edu/gvandegr/

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