Has anyone tried this stuff? I was over at a friends shop and watched him laminate a board with the stuff. It was pretty cool. You had all the time in the world to wet it out and lap the rails and then he pushed it out into the sun, walked back inside to get the razor and then came out, flipped it and a few minutes later was cutting. Instant set off and cure. A few minutes later the other side was done and it was sitting there with a hot coat on one side. All he had was laminating resin. He said he could not find any of this stuff in hot coat configuration. Im tempted to use this stuff. I have a board sitting in the garage right now that is ready to go. Are there any drawbacks I should know about? (other than cost) and is it true there is no hot coat resin available in this stuff?
I think the stuff has some good points but I have concerns about it. For me rolling the board out in the sun is not an option- too much stuff flying around outside my shop, bugs, leaves,etc. I’m looking into making my own light setup to roll over the board. The product you are describing is sold under two names that I know of. I’m familiar with Suncure (www.suncure.com). It comes as a premeasured additive to be used in any kind of resin by gallon, 5 gallon or 55 gallon size. Just add the packet to whatever kind of resin you use, laminating or hotcoat. I’m most interested in this system for the flexibility it gives me in the temperature extremes my shop sometimes goes through with the seasons. You don’t have the wide swing in catalyst volume required above or below ideal 70 degrees. I’ve only tested this stuff a couple of times, I’d like some input from someone using this in real production. Anyone?>>> Has anyone tried this stuff? I was over at a friends shop and watched him > laminate a board with the stuff. It was pretty cool. You had all the time > in the world to wet it out and lap the rails and then he pushed it out > into the sun, walked back inside to get the razor and then came out, > flipped it and a few minutes later was cutting. Instant set off and cure. > A few minutes later the other side was done and it was sitting there with > a hot coat on one side.>>> All he had was laminating resin. He said he could not find any of this > stuff in hot coat configuration.>>> Im tempted to use this stuff. I have a board sitting in the garage right > now that is ready to go. Are there any drawbacks I should know about? > (other than cost) and is it true there is no hot coat resin available in > this stuff?
Here is a good link to info on this product and how to use it. http://www.suncure.com/UVC2000usersguide.htm>>> I think the stuff has some good points but I have concerns about it. For > me rolling the board out in the sun is not an option- too much stuff > flying around outside my shop, bugs, leaves,etc. I’m looking into making > my own light setup to roll over the board. The product you are describing > is sold under two names that I know of. I’m familiar with Suncure > (www.suncure.com). It comes as a premeasured additive to be used in any > kind of resin by gallon, 5 gallon or 55 gallon size. Just add the packet > to whatever kind of resin you use, laminating or hotcoat. I’m most > interested in this system for the flexibility it gives me in the > temperature extremes my shop sometimes goes through with the seasons. You > don’t have the wide swing in catalyst volume required above or below ideal > 70 degrees. I’ve only tested this stuff a couple of times, I’d like some > input from someone using this in real production. Anyone?
Here is a good link to info on this product and how to use it. > http://www.suncure.com/UVC2000usersguide.htm I’ve glassed two boards with the suncure powder mixed with Silmar 249A. It worked extremely well, however, I noticed some small brown spots on one of the boards. I believe this was caused by insufficient mixing. Also - be careful using suncure for glass on fins, all that resin in the fin rope heats up in a hurry and can easily discolor. All in all though - for a novice builder like myself (8-10 boards)I wouldn’t want the headache of glassing without it.
you just add surfacing agent to the UV resin(solar-geez)like regular rez.you can also add reg. catalyst to the “geez” and let it go off slowly then stick it in the sun and bang! you’re done!
I have laminated boards with sun cure. Some of the things I noticed were: Most paints react funny to the UV and resin reaction. When you put your laminate down you need to use some catalyzed resin if your laminate is opaque the suns rays have a hard time getting through. You have all the time in the world to work but it seemed as though the sun cured from the outside in and it could pull the lam off of the board causing air. I have only done a couple dozen boards over the years so I haven’t had the time to perfect it. I still like regular catalyzed resin. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks even though I’m not that old. This is just food for thought. Would be interested in visiting a factory using the system.