EPOXY BASICS, Working with Epoxy Cleanly & Efficiently, in its revised second edition gives a concise overview of methods used by the author for Mixing, Gluing, Filleting, Glassing, Coating, Peel Ply, tips for Fill coating, Gloss coating, Faring, Glassing edges & corners, Selective Filling, Coating small parts, Surface preparation, Tools, Safety, and Troubleshooting. Large color photos accompany the text. Russell Brown is well known for his precise work with epoxy and he brings his decades of experience to these pages with the same precision. The book is soft cover to keep this important 50 page reference book affordable while the images are printed at the best quality available.
The author, Russell Brown, was born in California and cruised on a trimaran as a kid, with his family in the early 1970's until they settled in VA. He has been building his own boats since his teens when he built a 30ft proa and sailed to the Caribbean. He has built several large boats since then, as well as nesting dinghies and nesting kayaks. For years he specialized in making custom composite boat parts, including International 14 racing foils and parts for several of the US America's Cup boats. Even though Russell has mastered the art of working with epoxy, he has more often than not, declined to be a public speaker on the subject. He began to write about it in recent years, since he and his wife, Ashlyn, began their boat kit business, Port Townsend Watercraft, featuring the PT 11 nesting dinghy designed by Russell as his ideal dinghy and sold as a kit. Off Center Harbor featured Russell's methods with epoxy to compliment Epoxy Basics. Other books by Russell include Scarfing Basics and in the works are several new titles related to wood/epoxy and carbon composite construction.