SWEET COMPOSITES 6211 RIDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA, MD 20816-2641 USA 301-229-2201 [9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET] Welcome! Last Update: 17 August 2021 Catalog | Info Pages | How to Order We are distributors of FRP materials and supplies. We mainly serve the light-marine industry, primarily canoe and kayak manufacturers as well as boat repair shops, but we have customers in model aircraft, autobody work, and several other specialty composites markets. Our products are used for mold making, boat building, and repair work of all kinds. We handle a wide variety of fabrics in fiberglass (E-glass), S-glass, Kevlar® (aramid), graphite (carbon fiber), and polyester, all in quantities from one yard to full rolls. We carry epoxy resins, pigments, metal flake and many other fillers and additives. Types of seam tape include woven fiberglass and aramid, in several widths as well as bias tapes in aramid. Other products include mold releases and mold-prep products, Minicel® foam, neoprene materials and glue, shock cord, as well as basic tools, respirators, and other safety gear. We specialize in fast, personalized service. We are small enough to know our regular customers and their needs yet large enough to ship most orders from stock within a day or two after they are placed. Our prices are below typical industry pricing, with brackets for fabrics based on yardage shipped per quarter. We strive to serve all customers, small and large. We will try to provide short answers to e-mailed questions. If you need more detailed technical support please phone during normal business hours. We can offer some suggestions on layups and other uses but we do not have the staff or expertise to plan your project for you! If you have problems with our products or service, please tell us; if all is well, tell your friends. Click on the Catalog pages, below, for details about our products, then check our Terms and How to Order further down on this page. Be sure to check our News Page for product updates, corrections, special items, and a calendar of our holiday schedule. CATALOG PAGES Fiberglass Fabrics – E-Glass and S-Glass woven materials. Kevlar®, Graphite [carbon], and Hybrid woven fabrics; also graphite braided sleeve. Polyester & nylon fabrics; also glass mat, Auromat core material, nylon peel ply, dynel fabric, sleeve and cord. Seam Tapes – fiberglass and Kevlar® WEST SYSTEM® brand epoxy resin plus pigments, metal flake, fillers, additives, and tools. Minicel® closed-cell foam; also wetsuit & kneepad neoprene and glue. Tools & Equipment, Safety products – Spray gun, rollers, brushes, respirators, gloves – Lots More. This page has quite a few photos so may be somewhat slow to load. Miscellaneous stuff – Shock cord, rope, mold release and other mold products, tape, containers, Yakima footbraces. Books – Whitewater river guides and other titles of outdoor interest. Shipping rates & restrictions, additional information. We no longer carry vinylester resin, NPG gelcoat and MEKP so our Resins page has been removed. The pigments and metal flake are now on the WEST System epoxy page. The PVA mold release is now on the Miscellaneous page. We have retained our information pages on resins and mekp, links below. Our on-line Catalog is complete and always up to date. We do not have a printed version at this time. INFORMATION PAGES News Page – price changes, new products, specials, and our holiday schedule. Fabric Information – detailed info on fabric construction and yarn terminology. How-To Tips on various subjects. Suggestions welcome! Plug & Mold construction and maintenance tips. Polyester & Vinylester Resin information and safety data. Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide information and safety data. Links to other sites and other useful (?) information. Customer Projects — a photo gallery of some of our customers’ projects. Please suggest things you would like to see added! HOW TO ORDER At this time we do not have a means to take orders directly from this web site except by e-mail, for which there is a link on every page. You may phone in your order during business hours (9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern US time) to 301-229-2201. We prefer to receive orders over the phone or by e-mail. If you wish to send a FAX, you must call us first as the machine is turned on only as needed. Please give the style number when ordering fabrics and for other materials, sufficient details that we can be sure to know what you want. TERMS Orders may be prepaid, shipped COD, charged to a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), PayPal request for payment, or billed to a pre-approved account. Please make checks payable to Sweet Composites Open accounts are available to well-rated firms by application. Payments on account must be received within the terms stated on the invoice. There is a $40 charge for any check returned by the bank for any reason. Our minimum order is $25; $5 additional handling will be added to any smaller order. MD sales tax [6%] applies to all sales within Maryland unless we have a blanket exemption form on file. All Prices & Policies are Subject to Change without Notice. This web site will always be under development. Our on-line Catalog is complete. Supplementary pages will be added or expanded to include more detailed info about materials, some How-To tips, and links to other related sites of interest. Please contact us for more information. Our Privacy Policy is very simple. We maintain records on our customers strictly for our own use, to assist us in more efficiently serving their needs. We do not sell, trade, loan, or in any way share this information with anyone else. Period. 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