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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

03-07-2015, 17:41

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How Long Have Fibreglass Hulls Been Built?

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Re: How Long Have Fibreglass Hulls Been Built?

Epoxy is an adhesive, it has bonding capabilities with different materials that are entirely absent in polyester resin (some simplification, but not much). Entirely different chemistries.

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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

03-07-2015, 16:12

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How Long Have Fibreglass Hulls Been Built?

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Re: How Long Have Fibreglass Hulls Been Built?

Fiberglas (the TM term) dates from 1936, with lots of experimentation in the decades before that. Its combination with polyester resin is largely related to WW2, by 1942 Owens-Corning was building...

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