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Old 12 February 2012, 19:12   #1
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purchasing glass fibre + resin

before i spend any more of my hard earned
can some one please advise where or who is the best to purchase resin, mat and flo-coat from these days?

glassupplies

east coast fibre glass

are the two that spring to mind but it has been a while since i last used it. and i usually go and spend my money, for some one to say, oh its only so much from here and a better service
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Old 12 February 2012, 19:14   #2
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i know there is lots on flee bay,
but i would rather buy this type of product direct from source, bloody lot of graft only to find out the product used is iffy
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What do you need, and in what quantity?
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What do you need, and in what quantity?
20kgs resin
20mtrs mat
20kgs white flo-coat
some rollers buckets cat etc the whole lot really,

more than capable of doing it just been a while 5 years me finks since last built a grp canopy
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I shopped around and tried both you mentioned as well as others.... after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing between them, Ariba team sharpened their pencils the best

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Also, their customer srvice is excellent.....out of hours mobile no. for any queries.....which we used a few times during work
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Old 12 February 2012, 21:20   #6
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Not really enough for a trade order, but you could try Tools4grp, Fibreglass Tools, GRP Tools, Polyester Resin, Gelcoat, Glass Fibre. which is the retail site for grp supplies, or Glass fibre, fibreglass, resin, top coat, jesmonite, acetone and casting materials | Allscot glass fibre supplier
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I use East Coast fibreglass, always been really helpful. They've supplied all the glass for the Tremlett.
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I use East Coast fibreglass, always been really helpful. They've supplied all the glass for the Tremlett.
Ditto for Chewy comments but Dirks advice is on the button
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cheers guys will test the water with east coast and compare prices
now all i need is the rest of my purchase
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hhmmmmmmmmmmm any one know what the gel colour, ral / bs code is for xs consoles?
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I can vouch for Ariba, they're only up the road from me and highly knowledgeable too.
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hhmmmmmmmmmmm any one know what the gel colour, ral / bs code is for xs consoles?
The XS consoles aren't an off the shelf RAL colour as such, XS will give you the RAL number but I'm not sure if its just mixed for them?
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Iv got the ral code for xs as I had it matched I'll pm you with it.

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Iv got the ral code for xs as I had it matched I'll pm you with it.

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sound xs wanted £45squid for 250ml gel repair kit
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