Crystic Gelcoat 14PA brochure0 pages

"High Performance Tooling Gelcoat Crystic nnCrystic Gelcoat 14PA is a pre-accelerated brush gelcoat, designed for use in the manufacture of high quality FRP composite tooling. nnGelcoat 14PA nn

Technical Benefits

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΢׏ Significantly increases the lifetime of moulds in production >
● Enhanced gloss finish and gloss retention compared to competitive products >
● Eliminates water-marking >
● Reduced fibre print-through resulting in a much smoother gelcoat surface >
● Easy to apply to required thickness >
● Fast mould production >
● Easy to de-mould even complicated shapes Crystic 14PA has exceeded all our expectations for a tooling gelcoat and we strongly suggest you try it. >

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A Genuine Solution to the Problem of Water-Marking

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High gloss, water mark free moulding coming off a mould made by Hi Spec using Red 5201 Crystic Ԯ 14PA tooling gelcoat. With its unique combination of properties, Crystic Gelcoat 14PA has shown that it can overcome one of the most serious problems associated with FRP composite tooling - the phenomenon known as water-marking. The imperfections associated with water-marking can only be seen on the mouldings taken from the mould. Attempts at water marking repairs on moulds have limited short-term success. When using Crystic Gelcoat 14PA you can expect elimination of water-marking imperfections and the mould to have:- >

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Customer Experiences

Hi Spec Plastics have been in business since 1968 designing and manufactuing life raft containers and parts for Marine, Aviation and leisure industries. Over the years we have tried and tested a number of different tooling gelcoats but none have exhibited the performance excellence of Crystic 14PA. One of the moulds produced using 14PA has had over 4,000 lifts over a number of years with no evidence of dulling, crazing or cracking of the gelcoat surface. >
Ӣ׏ a uniform level of gloss across the whole surface >
● a smooth finish with no surface undulations >

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APPLICATIONS

nnRTM / INFUSION TOOLSHANDLAY TOOLS
MOULDS FOR USE WITH PRE-PREG
MOULDS DESIGNED FOR HIGH NUMBER OF PULLS
MOULDS REQUIRING HIGH GLOSS LEVEL

Gary Bates - Managing Director, Hi Spec Plastics >

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