Where is a bulk composite material warehouse in south eastern NC

[controlled chaos]

Hey guys I am gonna build a fishbox for my boat in a few days and I wanna use some type of composite material to line the box with that has insulating properties. When I lived in florida we had FGCI (fiberglass coatings inc.) and they had all the stuff anyone would ever need to build anything boat related in a giant warehouse. Is there anything like that near wilmington nc? I am about 2 hours from there and am willing to travel to get the equipment needed.

I am thinking it is going to take about 2 or 3 gallons of epoxy and about 2 4x8 sheets of 1.5 or 2 inch thick polyeurethane board or styrofoam. I plan on using 2 layers of 6oz mat for to cover the foam.

I already have a box and I just want to line the inside of it with some sort of foam to insulate the hell out of it. It will be in the bilge separated by a plywood bulkhead infront of my engine which is a 350 straight inboard. The bilge gets a little warm so I really want this box to be able to hold ice for a while. any advice on the best materials to use for the cooler is welcome and appreciated.

Dave

[Banshee]

I have seen Boxes made out of 2 or 3 inch builders foam, epoxied and glass looked great most likely held ice great. Builders foam is mostlikely alot less expensive then marine foam, but I guess it works, only time will tell.
Capt Tim on the Fishn Days could jump in Here I think alot of his stuff was built out of foam.
JW

[clt_capt]

If you don't find a local warehouse, I would suggest US Composites or Raka Marine.

Both are very reasonably priced, offer a very good selection of Fabrics (Uni, Woven and Mat)

Raka had some of the best prices on Epoxy I've seen.

I've had good luck with builder's foam as well - It is cheap, very rigid and when covered with a couple of layers of glass - is tough as hell.