Brothers Meade and Jan Gougeon opened shop at this location in 1969, building iceboats and light, fast sailboats with wood and their proprietary epoxy formula. By 1971, they were selling WEST SYSTEM® epoxy to other boat builders and individuals who wanted to construct or repair their own boats with it. Since epoxy was new in the boating world, the Gougeons found themselves dispensing a lot of how-to advice right along with their cans of resin and hardeners.

Epoxy Resins and Hardeners

WEST SYSTEM epoxy cures to a high-strength plastic solid at room temperatures, by mixing specific proportions of liquid epoxy resin and hardener. This highly moisture-resistant plastic adheres to a wide range of materials, making it ideal for projects that require water and chemical resistence, and strong physical properties for structural bonding. Select from a range of hardeners and additives that allow you to tailor the mixture's handling characteristics and the physical properties of the cured epoxy to suite your working conditions and specific coating or bonding application.
WEST SYSTEM 105 Resin
WEST SYSTEM 205 Hardener

WEST SYSTEM 206 Hardener

WEST SYSTEM 207 Hardener

WEST SYSTEM 209 Hardener

Fillers

Fillers are used to thicken the basic resin/hardener mixture for specific applications. Each filler possesses a unique set of physical characteristics, but they can be generally categorized as either Adhesive (high-density) or Fairing (low-density).
Adhesive filler mixtures cure to a strong, hard-to-sand plastic useful in structural applications like bonding, filleting and hardware bonding.

WEST SYSTEM 403 Microfibers
WEST SYSTEM 404 High-Density Filler

WEST SYSTEM 405 Filleting Blend
WEST SYSTEM 406 Colloidal SIlica

WEST SYSTEM 407 Low-Density Filler

WEST SYSTEM 410 Microlight