In the past several days I have been getting requests for a long time "old" favorite Epoxy Coating Finish- it is a very good finish but with the coming of the likes such as FlexCoat, U40, GlassCoat, Gudebrod and American Tackle finishes this one has become more or less a "white elephant", at least for me in terms of sales. Back in the early 90's it was available in small 4 and 8oz. kits but later became available only in 32oz. kits, which most users do not want that large an amount but we did continue to offer it to the larger companies who could use that size but found that they were switiching to other brands themselves. So with all this in mind we will no longer have Epoxy Coatings on our website.
All the brands that are now readily availalbe work great and I know each of you has your own favorite that works well for you.
Thank you -
Karen Hapka
Bingham Enterprises,

I used the Epoxy Coatings One-Coat as well as the "Helor-High Water" urethane type. The former was a good two-part epoxy that competed in the early days of Flex Coat and Diamond II. It was a good finish, but somewhat brittle. It's the only epoxy I ever used that tended to crack on areas away from the very edge of the guide feet. But it was easy to use.

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Their New formula is awesome and everyone that has been testing it has been raving about it Sorry to hear that you are dropping it , Karen. Nothing on the market right now that I have tried compares to it for looks and ease of use! They have a 1 coat and 2 coat If you contact them, they will send you a sample [www.epoxycoatingsco.com] Hopefully, If enough people like it, a sponsor will consider carrying it!!!! I'm convinced!!! (no matter what size I have to buy)

Mike

The newer formulation is quite a bit different than the old stuff. I still have a bit of the old stuff and love it for marbling when I want starker contrasts because it's such a thick finish. This newer formulation is very much different than the older; it's VERY user-friendly stuff.

Putter

I guess I could set up a sponsor ship here and contact them for the product if no one else will...

I think there's some mis-understandings going on here. Nothing on the site is new in any way. What people seem to be calling the "new" finish is actually the original two-part urethane coating. The "1-coat" is the same stuff that they've been selling for 20 years. Good stuff, but overshadowed by a lot of what else is out there now.

If I've overlooked something I apologize, but there is a reason why these products are not handled by many people.

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From the reading I did on their site, this stuff sounds to good to be true. Sets up in an hour? No screwing around with bubbles? OK what's the drawbacks? There has to be someting wrong with this stuff. Does it get brittle and flake off? I don't want to spend 6 hours on a complex butt wrap and have the finish flake off and all that work goes to down the tubes.

Anyone have any problems with this stuff?

Not too sure what happened with the double post here? Gave me and error and I hit refresh and lo and behold two posts. Didn't think it would send it with that error?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2005 07:57AM by Scott VanGuilder.

The stuff you're referring to is an old two-part urethane. Thin as varnish, tough but somewhat hard to work with. Yes, there are fumes that need to be ventilated and it cannot be heated in order to remove bubbles. I'd use PermaGloss over the Helor-High Water stuff any day.

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