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Composite Materials for STEM Education

Composite materials for STEM education and student build teams: light fiberglass cloth, beginner-friendly epoxy, carbon fiber, vacuum-bagging supplies, and safety gear, sold in class-size quantities. In-stock house items ship same day from our Florida stock.

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What we stock for this work

Common applications

  • Materials science labs: light fiberglass cloth and epoxy let students lay up coupons and small panels to learn wet-out, fiber orientation, and cure before they touch a real part.
  • Competition robotics and engineering teams: carbon fiber and fiberglass panels for lightweight arms, chassis, and brackets where stiffness per gram matters.
  • Rocketry and aerospace clubs: woven fiberglass and epoxy for student-built airframes, fin cans, and nose cones on club launch projects.
  • Capstone and senior-design builds: molds, vacuum-bagging supplies, and surfacing materials for students pulling repeat parts off a plug.
  • Intro composites demos: small batches of cloth, resin, and a roller so an instructor can run a hands-on layup demo for a class.

Frequently asked questions

What fiberglass and resin should a classroom start with?
Start with a light woven cloth, around 4 to 6 oz, and an epoxy system. Light cloth wets out clean by hand so students can see the weave and learn fiber orientation, and epoxy is forgiving on cure and bonds to almost anything. Keep the first projects to flat coupons and small panels before moving on to molds or tubes.
Is epoxy or polyester safer for a school setting?
Epoxy is the better classroom choice. It has no styrene smell and does not need a separate catalyst like the MEKP that polyester takes, so there are fewer moving parts for a class to handle. Table-top epoxy is easy to mix in small batches. Either way, work in a ventilated space, use gloves and eye protection, and have students read the SDS before they start.
Do you stock carbon fiber and vacuum-bagging supplies for competition teams?
Yes. The carbon fiber line carries plain weave and twill cloth for robotics and engineering-team parts where stiffness per gram matters, and the vacuum-bagging line covers film, breather, and tape for teams learning bagged layups. Both bond cleanly into an epoxy laminate.
Can I buy small quantities for a single class or club?
Yes. The catalog sells cloth by the yard and resin in small kit sizes, so you can order just what one class or club project needs without committing to a full roll or drum. In-stock house items ship same day from our Florida stock.
Can a school or club open an account for repeat orders?
Yes. Schools, robotics programs, and rocketry clubs ordering on a recurring basis can apply for a Wholesale Pro account for catalog pricing. Apply through the request a bulk quote link on this page.

Buying in volume for your shop or program?

Shops, teams, and programs ordering on a recurring basis can apply for Wholesale Pro pricing on the full catalog.

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