I guess I've never used MAS or West System, but I've used Raka epoxy a great deal. Barely any noticeable smells. Polyester resin, which isn't an epoxy is REALLY stinky stuff! Before you mix it with catalyst, it also gives off a lot of VOC's, and the fumes are flammable. Shawn Sidney_Stone_at_amsinc.com wrote: > fumes are not particularly hazardeous, their odor can be annoying. Last summer > I was playing with some West System Epoxy and some polyesther expoxy. This was > outside. The west system did seem to give off obnoxious smells, while the > polyesther epoxy reminded me of my father's boat building days. The fumes > linger for days. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 15:11:26 PST
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