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Looks like it's too late. The listing now indicates "sale pending."

I've found that the foam roller covers sold by WEST SYSTEM (Gougeon Brothers) outlast any other covers I've tried. They work great for rolling out epoxy as well as one-part and two-part paints. Ted GB32-126 Sequin

Congratulations, Richard and Dauntless. Well done!

I'm still having problems getting on the IAGBO site. I'd sent an email to Bob Lowe a week or so ago. He said they were having no known problems, suggested that I clear my caches. I did that, but still can't get on. I end up with a "timed out" message. Seguin, GB32-126

My father will turn 91 this June. He owns a 1967 Grand Banks 32, and lives aboard in Hessel, Michigan from May through September. Of course, he doesn't cruise like he and my mother used to do before she passed, but he still runs the boat from Mackinaw City to Hessel every spring (where he's...

Reefdrifter, are you dealing with Annie Gray at Gray and Gray?* I bought my boat through her...she really knows trawlers and was a huge help in buying our boat.* Turned out to be a nightmare (long story), but she really went out of her way to make the deal work and keep everyone happy.* Tell her...

A heat gun and paint scraper are valuable tools, especially for large flat surfaces like a transom, but for my money, I wouldn't start a varnish removal project without my trusty 1" Red Devil scraper and a hand file. http://www.reddevil.com/products.cfm?c=wp&cat=11 When I stripped the varnish...

Mike, Golden Dazy pre-dated me, but I've seen a lot of photos of her. The boats they built have really stood the test of time. Adagio was a trimaran that Meade built bqck in the early 80s, I think. She's still sailing strong, which is really something considering how highly loaded they are...

Getting sensitized is really nasty. In the worst cases, folks who are sensitized don't even have to touch the epoxy...the fumes alone can cause a reaction. Reminds me of one technical call that came in while I worked there. A guy who drank Perrier while working on his boat had decanted some...

Hi Marin, Back in the day (late 80s), I was director of marketing for Gougeon Brothers (WEST SYSTEM Epoxy), and I know both Jan and Meade Gougeon, the founders, well. I still see Meade at least once a year. To my knowledge, neither of them became sensitized to epoxy, and to this day, both are...