Last week, as I was reading this post of Matt Biolos (http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1017850 around the middle of the article #3), I noticed he mentioned he was one of the first to work with the “blue stuff” on resin in California. The thing is, I have always wondered exactly what agent is this that makes the resin look this way. Is there any resin brand out there that dries this color that is available to public? If anyone knows something about this, please let me know. Thanks! JUAN
We use additives to make the resin a bit prettier in the lamination. It’s a little thing that gives the boards a bit more pop at retail. Doesn’t do anything more than that. Many board manufacturers don’t care but many care a lot. We offer both.
BTW, Silmar has used this in their polyester resin formulations for over 40 years so take what’s said here for what it’s worth.
Howzitjgpares, Years ago there was a company named Dion and their surfboard laminating resin was a blue tint color and probbly the best resin on the market at the time. Maybe he meant that resin.Other than that Greg's post may be the answer and I haven't worked with slymar for many years so can't say about them. Aloha,Kokua
Thanks for your answers. I do understand is just a pop for retail and that does not do more than that, but I do think it looks very nice. I also used the word agent, beacause that is how it was described in Matt Biolos post. As for the Silmar having this in their formula really confuse me. I work in a surfshop in South America where we get Klimax surfboards and they use this resin (I know this because they say so in there website). The boards look very white, but not that “pop blue” that I have seen in other boards. Anyways, I think it is just depending in the quantity of this product that is added to the resin. So like I said before, if anyone knows the name of this product please let me know. Thanks to all your answers!!!
JUAN
So Greg, How old was Biolas when he first approached Silmar? Pretty amazing guy, and not shy about taking the credit. As I recall it was the Spanish he learned the blue additive made the boards look brighter from. But adding more blue to the resin looks like crap whenever you do anything other than clear shortboards without glass ons. And for fixing dings you might as well use bondo because it looks so bad. In reality a bunch of hot air, smoke and mirrors.