Are you guys using UV cure resin for plug repair?
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:19 pm
I've noticed a solarez video showing fitting a finbox with UV cure... but on what looks like a polyester board. I heard the blue tube solarez epoxy is harder to cure - main thing is to expose it to sunlight as soon as you can before it contacts oxygen... can also seal off the air with clear tape.
I have a fin box to repair. I notice that 2 part epoxy is very hard to find for sale here... must be due to the dangerous goods shipping charge you have here. Works out about 80 euros here for a kit with shipping whereas in Spain I could find an OK (but not great) aldarite 2 part for less than 10euros. So... I'm beginning to wonder if people are actually using UV cure resin for plug fittings?
What I don't understand is, if this is so... how does the resin under the plug cure if it can't see the light? Surely only the top is going to cure?
Further, I was going to fill the bottom of the hole with Q-Cell but I read something saying how that's too weak to use and to use foam offcuts... but I don't have spare foam to use...?
Professional price I see near Cronulla is $50/'plug' so I read that as $200 for 4 plugs required for 2 fins. That's more than a board is to buy... so it seems worth looking into.
I have a fin box to repair. I notice that 2 part epoxy is very hard to find for sale here... must be due to the dangerous goods shipping charge you have here. Works out about 80 euros here for a kit with shipping whereas in Spain I could find an OK (but not great) aldarite 2 part for less than 10euros. So... I'm beginning to wonder if people are actually using UV cure resin for plug fittings?
What I don't understand is, if this is so... how does the resin under the plug cure if it can't see the light? Surely only the top is going to cure?
Further, I was going to fill the bottom of the hole with Q-Cell but I read something saying how that's too weak to use and to use foam offcuts... but I don't have spare foam to use...?
Professional price I see near Cronulla is $50/'plug' so I read that as $200 for 4 plugs required for 2 fins. That's more than a board is to buy... so it seems worth looking into.