The guys at the store gave me a sample of the 2015 resin and 2015 hardener, the resin flows thin, and the hardener’s clear though gel time was too slow, about 6hrs. Another hardener, the 2014 hardener (with a slight amber color) has a gel time of 2.5hrs, according to them.
We don’t have resin research here and axson’s the clearest lam I’ve seen so far. they said that some of their clients ue it for marine stuff. Shipping here is a pain in the a$$ so I think I’m gonna stick with what we have, at least for now. I wanna learn about this resin, if any of you have tried glassing a whole board with this stuff.
Mojosurf,
Ask your supplier if they can get you the RSF 816 resin from Axon. You will also want their accelerator Epolam 2020. Download the datasheets from the net.
28 mn pot life at 25° isn’t super slow for glassing surfboards. Specially in the Philippines where I suppose it can get pretty warm?
I would definitely use the RS816 and not the 2015. The 2020 accelerator would be handy to speed up fill/seal coats but you can definitely use the 816 without it.
it can get pretty hot in here, no need to warm the resin pre glassing. they’re sending me a sample of the 816, i’m gonna do some test glass with both 816 and 2015. can i also gloss this stuff?
okay. i’ll ask if they also have the 816 hardener. they said they’re going to send me a set. i assumed the set includes the 2015 hardener coz that’s what it says in the previous datasheet that i saw.