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I had a fiberglass repair job where strength was required. I'm a novice and decided on the 1708 after seeing a repair done on an internet video sharing website. I'm glad I picked the product, it is easy to handle and by it's biaxial design conforms easily to compound curved surfaces.

I'm a novice when it comes to fiberglass work. I've read some books by Don Casey and decided to go ahead and replace the settee plywood in my sailboat. The back edge of the plywood was tabbed to the hull. Removing the old wood and fiberglass was messy, glassing in the new piece was very easy. I was amazed at how well the biaxial cloth and mat smoothed out so nice and made my work look like a pro had done it, well almost. I used polyester resin and added about 4 drops of catlyst per ounce. It took a few hours to cure, but I wasn't in a hurry. I've gained confidence to attack the other settee now.

I have used biaxial E glass to rebuild floors and mast step area in my sailboat. The cloth was easy to work with, wet out well, and followed curves.

I used this tape with west system epoxy, it set up very well and is quite stiff. I suspect polyester resin is the preferred material though because the mat backing didn't turn clear.