Products

Crestapol® 1260 Urethane Acrylate Resin is a low-viscosity urethane acrylate type resin. It is suitable for infusion, resin transfer molding (RTM), and similar processes at room temperature. This product can be infused at vacuum levels down to -1.0 bar. It produces laminates with high strength, toughness, and exceptional water and hydrolysis resistance.

Crystic® Vinyl Ester Resin VE679-03PA is a pre-accelerated, DCPD modified, vinyl ester resin developed for use as a infusion resin with a wide range of gel times with various catalysts. It has excellent blister resistance and significantly reduces the occurrence of print through, to produce durable moldings with an enhanced surface finish.

Crystic® Laminating Resin 4252.4 TEPA V01 is an orthophtalic, pre-accelerated, low styrene emission (LSE), thixotropic unsaturated polyester resin. This product can be used for spray application or for contact molding when fast mold turn-around or thick laminates are required. It is an incredibly versatile laminating resin, and its excellent mechanical properties make it ideal for bonding on acrylic sheets for sanitary use.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 272E is an isophthalic polyester resin designed for use in hot climates. It is used in high-performance applications such as pipes, tanks, and ducting. This versatile resin is suitable for use in filament winding, pultrusion, centrifugal molding, or contact molding processes. It has a 25-minute gel time.

Crystic® Vinyl Ester Resin VE 679PA is a pre-accelerated, thixotropic, DCPD modified, vinyl ester laminating and tooling resin with excellent surface finish for marine skin coat as well as for tooling applications. It has a gel time of 23 minutes.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 1160PA is a general-purpose, thixotropic, pre-accelerated, very low styrene emission, orthophthalic polyester resin with low viscosity. It has a 25-minute gel time and is suitable for parts used in building and construction, transportation, and industrial applications. This product is a part of Scott Bader's Crystic® Green system.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.8500PA is a low-styrene emission, pre-accelerated, orthophthalic polyester resin that rapidly wets out reinforcements. It is a general-purpose resin that is suitable for non-critical and industrial applications such as liners, pipes, and tanks. This product has a 17-minute gel time.

Crestamould® T28 is an extrudable modified polyester compound designed for milling of small and large plugs or direct limited production molds with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) multiple axis machines. It can be extruded with conventional FRP putty dispensing equipment. The product provides a homogeneous substrate that prevents print from the underlying structure and gives sufficient flexibility to prevent cracks.

Crestapol® 1214 Urethane Acrylate Resin is a tough, low-shrink, high-quality, surface-finish urethane acrylate resin for pultrusion. When filled with ATH, it has very high fire, smoke, and toxic fume performances, along with an excellent surface finish. It lacks cracking in the central sections.

Crestapol® 1261 Urethane Acrylate Resin is a modified version of Crestapol® 1260 but with an extended open or work time. It is a low-viscosity urethane acrylate type resin that is suitable for infusion, resin transfer molding (RTM), and similar processes at room temperature and can be infused at vacuum levels down to -1.0 bar. This product produces laminates with high strength, toughness, and exceptional water and hydrolysis resistance.

Crestapol® 1213A Urethane Acrylate Resin is a thermosetting resin based on methacrylates that is amine pre-accelerated and heavily filled with 170 phr alumina trihydrate (ATH) fire retardant filler to achieve excellent low smoke and low toxicity fire performance. This resin is developed specially for both hand lamination and closed mold applications.

Crystic® Pipe Relining Resin 4044TV01 is a thixotropic, non-accelerated ISO/NPG unsaturated polyester resin with a low exotherm. It is specially designed for the pipe-relining market, with good chemical resistance and mechanical properties. This resin is suitable for polyester felt or glass fiber reinforcement.

Crestamould® Resin 474PA is a thixotropic, pre-accelerated orthopthalic polyester resin with good heat and chemical resistance properties. This product is suitable for the construction of tanks, pipes, and fume stacks to operate in environments where heat and chemical resistance are both required. A non-thixotropic, non-accelerated version of this resin is available as Crystic® 198.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 491PA is a pre-accelerated, thixotropic, isophthalic polyester resin with good water and chemical resistance properties. It is versatile and suitable for performance boat hulls destined for use in warm or tropical areas. This product is also suitable for the manufacture of chemical plants, tanks, pipes, and chemical containers. It has a 12-minute gel time.

Crystic® Vinylester Resin VE673 is a low-viscosity, non-accelerated, non-thixotropic, high-HDT epoxy novalac vinyl ester resin with outstanding chemical resistance to a wide range of substances at room temperature and elevated temperatures. This product is suitable for laminating and filament winding. It has a 16-minute gel time and can be used for chemical resistance, building and construction, and industrial applications.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 199 is an isophthalic polyester resin recommended for use in high-performance applications where superior thermal and electrical properties are required. It has excellent chemical and heat resistance. This product can withstand long periods (1 year) at temperatures up to 150ºC, and shorter periods at temperatures up to 200ºC, with no serious loss of properties. It has a 30-minute gel time.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 703PA is a pre-accelerated dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polyester resin primarily designed for vacuum injection. With its low viscosity and controlled exotherm characteristics, it is particularly suited for large vacuum injections, although other techniques can be used. This resin is approved by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and has excellent impact resistance, especially due to its compatibility with most reinforcement types. Because of this, it is suitable for a number of heavy-duty applications within the marine, building and construction, and transportation industries. The curing reaction requires only the addition of a catalyst to begin and should be carried out at workshop temperature. The resin, mold, and workshop should all be allowed to reach at least 15°C before the process is carried out. This resin is not ideally suited for the addition of fillers or pigments, and you should get in touch with one of our technical experts before using any additives.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 491PAT is a versatile, pre-accelerated, unsaturated polyester resin with good water and chemical resistance properties. It was developed for use in a wide range of critical applications that require toughness combined with water and chemical resistance. This product is thixotropic and can be applied with either brush or spray equipment. It may also be used in the pultrusion process for the production of profile sections. This product is suitable for the fabrication of high-performance boat hulls destined for use in warm and tropical waters.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 272 is an isophthalic polyester resin. It is recommended for use in high-performance applications using filament winding, pultrusion, and centrifugal or contact molding processes. The fully cured laminates have high mechanical strength and excellent strength retention in wet environments at temperatures up to 60ºC.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 701PAX is a pre-accelerated isophthalic polyester resin with low viscosity and controlled exotherm characteristics. It is designed for use in vacuum infusion processes. This product has Lloyd's approval and is suitable for use in marine, wind energy, building and construction, and transportation.

Crystic® Thixotropic Resin VE676T is a thixotropic version of Crystic® VE676, an epoxy bisphenol A based vinyl ester resin. This product is suitable for hand lay-up, spray lay-up, and similar processes. Thixotropic additives provide applied material sag resistance to vertical surfaces. 

Crystic® Transfer Moulding Resin 1143PA is based on a tough, durable orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin for closed mould use. It is designed for use in Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) and may be used in other resin injection or vacuum assisted techniques.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 125PA is a quality orthophthalic-based unsaturated polyester resin developed specifically for the manufacture of GRP moldings. This medium-viscosity polyester resin meets the requirements of BS 3532:1990 as a type "A" resin and can be used for flat surface laminations. Laminates made with this product have good mechanical strength, high rigidity and impact resistance, and excellent dimensional stability. When used with the recommended curing system, its curing properties make it especially suitable for fast production processes.

Crystic® Fire Retardant Resin 1355PA is a pre-accelerated, filled, fire-retardant polyester resin that has been designed for contact molding applications. It has been formulated as an inexpensive resin and wets out the reinforcement rapidly. This product is supplied in a restricted range of colors.

Crystic® Laminating Resin 471PALV is a pre-accelerated, low-viscosity polyester resin with rapid hardening characteristics. This laminating resin combines rapid impregnation of reinforcements and fillers with a very short mold release time and is suitable for hand-laying or spray applications. It has an 8-minute gel time, Lloyds approval, and is suitable for use in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications.

Crystic® Vinyl Ester Resin VE671-03 is a bisphenol A epoxy based, vinyl ester resin. It designed for use in closed mold applications and centrifugal casting processes. It is recommended for the manufacture of fiber reinforced composite tanks, vessels, ducts etc. for use in chemical processing applications.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 990PA is a pre-accelerated, low-viscosity, modified orthophthalic polyester resin containing styrene and methyl methacrylate. It was developed for use as a filled system in reinforcing ABS acrylic-lined baths, sinks, and shower trays and is designed for spray laminating. This product has a 6-minute gel time.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.446PA is a pre-accelerated, thixotropic, spray viscosity, orthophthalic polyester resin with low styrene emission. This laminating resin's rapid wet-out, low exotherm, and fast hardening characteristics make it ideal for rapid mold turnaround. It has a 26-minute gel time, Lloyd's approval, and can be used in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications. A low-viscosity version of this product is also available.

Crestapol® 1250 Urethane Acrylate Resin is a low-viscosity urethane acrylate resin. It is designed for maximum wet out for pultruding fiberglass, carbon fiber, and other fibers. This product efficiently produces fast-curing, very tough, high-strength composites with superior water and hydrolysis resistance. Run times and formulation will depend on the geometry and complexity of the die. It will run very fast, making for very efficient pultruded parts.

Crestapol® 1216 Urethane Acrylate Resin is a tough, low-viscosity resin with a rapid cure. This product can be highly filled to achieve a high level of fire and smoke performance (ASTM E84 Class 1). It is designed for use in hand lamination applications.

Crestafire® P1-3001E is a filled, fire retardant unsaturated polyester resin. It incorporates a special grade of alumina trihydrate (ATH), which makes it suitable to produce laminates where excellent resin flow, fire retardancy, and low levels of smoke and toxic fumes are required. Crestafire® P1-3001E is extra stabilized for transport, storage, and use in high-temperature climates. It is halogen free and does not contain heavy metals.

Crystic® High Performance Resin 3642.3 can be used by spray, filament winding, or hand layup. This resin can be used in many applications, but its high performance makes it particularly suitable for the production of oil tanks. Additionally, it can also be used for direct bonding on sanitary acrylic.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 397PA is a pre-accelerated isophthalic/neopentyl glycol polyester resin with a high heat deflection temperature and good water and chemical resistance. It is recommended for the fabrication of high-performance laminates for critical applications in aggressive environments. This product is suitable for contact molding and filament winding processes.

Crestamould® B21 Sealer is a brushable sealing laminating resin for polystyrene foam surfaces. When used with a chopped-strand mat, this sealer provides a styrene-resistant barrier between the polystyrene plug and styrenated tooling pastes. It has good adhesion to tooling pastes like Crestamould® T29. Crestamould® B21 sealer has a low styrene content, significantly reducing polystyrene surface erosion compared to traditional styrene-containing resins. The sealer can be used to laminate CSM to create a more structurally stable foundation for mold production.

Crystic® Polyester Resin PDME 074 is an acrylic modified orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin developed specifically for the manufacturing of maximum clarity roofing sheets by continuous sheeting process. It is ultra violet stabilized by the addition of special anti UV additives. The resin also contains acrylic monomers to reduce long term yellowing of the laminates.