Products in Composite Materials: Resins, Binders & Matrix Materials

Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.406PA is a pre-accelerated, thixotropic, orthophthalic polyester resin with low styrene emission. This laminating resin has rapid wet out and low exotherm, making it ideal for multi-layer laminates in spray or hand-lay applications. It has a 16-minute gel time, Lloyd's approval, and can be used in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications.

Crystic® Decorative Casting Resin 911PASA is a pre-accelerated, orthophthalic, unsaturated polyester resin. Its low viscosity helps to accept the maximum level of filler particles. This product is designed for the casting of small details, including collectibles and figurines. It has a 20-minute gel time.

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.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 123PA is a medium-thixotropic, tropicalized, pre-accelerated waxed unsaturated polyester resin. This resin is specially formulated to provide rapid wetting and impregnation of the reinforcement. It is ideally suited for the building of boats, water tanks, bathtubs, shower trays, and other products where water resistance is an important factor.

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® Spray Gelcoat 92PA is a chemical resistant spray gelcoat. It is suitable for the manufacture of bathroom products such as sinks, baths, shower trays and water slides and has been used successfully in the industry for many years. It is easy to use and repair.

Crystic® Transfer Moulding Resin 785PA is apre-accelerated, DCPD based, polyester resin designed for use in RTM (Resin Transfer Molding). It has a lower styrene content than conventional RTM resins and can significantly reduce the occurrence of print through, to produce moldings with an enhanced surface finish.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 198 is a medium-viscosity orthophthalic polyester resin with good heat and chemical resistance properties. This product was developed for use in the chemical industry (tanks, pipes, fume stacks, etc.), where heat and chemical resistance are both required, but it can also be used in industrial, transportation, and building and construction applications. It can be used with glass fiber-backed polypropylene and suitably treated uPVC. This product has a high HDT of 112°C and a 12-minute gel time.

Crestafire® P2-2001 is a DCPD modified, vinyl ester resin. It incorporates a selected 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. It is halogen free and does not contain heavy metals.

Crystic® Brush Topcoat 507PA is a pre-accelerated Topcoat with excellent water and weather resistance, designed for use in the marine and building industries. It is based on a high quality isophthalic-NPG polyester resin and has been formulated for application by brush. The product is pigmented using a highly UV resistant grade of titanium dioxide.

espol™ 30.00 is a non-accelerated isophthalic polyester resin that rapidly wets out reinforcements. It has a medium viscosity and reactivity and uses superior glycols compared to general-purpose resins, giving it good mechanical and chemical resistance. It is suitable for the fabrication of chemical tanks, industrial applications, and marine applications.

Crestamould® T29 Sprayable is a modified polyester compound designed for the milling of large plugs or production molds with CNC multiple axis machines. This material combines unique qualities and can be sprayed with few passes up to a thickness of approx. 1-3mm (0.04 - 0.12”). It provides a homogenous substrate that prevents print from the underlying structure.

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® 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® 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® Fire Retardant Resin PD9453PA is a pre-accelerated, filled polyester resin designed for use in RTM and RTM light processes. It is fire-retardant and has a 20-minute gel time. This product's fully cured laminates receive a Class 1 rating according to BS 476 Part 7: 1987. It achieves Class 1 BS476 Part 7.

Crystic® Spray Gelcoat LS 30PA is a superior weathering Iso-NPG gelcoat. It is pre-accelerated and formulated for spray application. Crystic® Gelcoat LS 30PA has been developed to have excellent intrinsic water and weather resistance. The viscosity profile ensures even coverage with minimal drainage and low film porosity.

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.

espol™ 27.01 is a non-accelerated orthophthalic polyester resin that rapidly wets out reinforcements. It is specially formulated for use in the dough molding impregnation (DMC) process and is highly reactive. It is suitable for products that require good end-product manufacturing efficiency and finish. It is designed for hot mold processes such as SMC and DMC with good catalyzed stability.

Crystic® Polyester Resin U904LVK is an orthophtalic, pre accelerated, non thixotropic, unsaturated polyester resin. It has to be used when good mechanical properties and good heat resistance are required. The product has been designed to be catalysed with a conventional MEKP at 50% while giving a very fast demold time under quite low exotherm.

Crystic® Isophthalic Brush Gelcoat 65PA is a general purpose Isophthalic brush gelcoat used successfully globally across all market sectors for years. Molders choose this gelcoat over competitive products because of its exceptional handling properties in production, good flexibility, good gloss and ease of repair.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 1381PA is a low-viscosity isophthalic polyester resin into which water can be incorporated to form an emulsion. It is suitable for general casting work or intricately detailed moldings such as decorative articles and statuettes. The castings can be nailed, screwed, sawn, or machined without splitting.

Crystic® CiPP Resin D5101 is an unaccelerated, thixotropic, isophthalic polyester resin ideally suited for use in the production of liners for pipe relining. Thanks to Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CiPP) technology, this resin can be used to create a new pipe lining within an existing pipe structure, making it efficient and easy to use. Once fully cured, the laminates have good chemical resistance and mechanical properties, as well as long-term property retention. This resin is therefore ideal for heavy duty, high frequency, and industrial applications. This resin should be allowed to reach workshop temperature before use, at which point its gel time will be between 3 and 6 minutes. It requires the addition of a catalyst for the curing process to begin. However, further additives such as pigments and fillers may affect its natural properties, and their effects should be evaluated before use.

espol™ 12.02 is a non-accelerated orthophthalic polyester resin that rapidly wets out reinforcements. It has been specifically formulated for non-critical and general-purpose applications requiring enhanced UV resistance. It is designed for hand lamination, spray-up, and casting applications and can be used with all types of E-glass, such as chopped strand mat, woven roving, and multi-axial fibers.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 124PA is a medium-thixotropic, tropicalized, pre-accelerated, waxed unsaturated polyester resin. It is designed for rapid wetting and impregnation of reinforcements, making it ideal for building boats, water tanks, bath tubs, shower trays, and other products that require water resistance. The unwaxed version of this resin is also available.

Crestamould® VE 679PA is a pre-accelerated, thixotropic, DCPD-modified vinyl ester resin. This product has been developed for use as a skin coat in marine and tooling applications. It has excellent blister resistance, reduced print through, a 23-minute gel time, and Lloyd's approval.

Crestafire® Bio P1-8001 is a versatile bio-resin with excellent fire, smoke, and toxicity properties and good mechanical properties, due to which the product can be used in the most demanding FST applications in the railway, building and construction, and other public transport industries. It is designed for applications where fireproof performance and natural origins are key to the final product.

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® Thixotropic Resin LS 451PA is a pre-accelerated thixotropic resin. It is suitable for brush or spray application in the marine industry or general molding market. This product has reduced styrene emissions, typically 20 - 30% lower than conventional lower styrene resins. It has Lloyd's approval but is also suitable for use in building and construction, transportation, and industrial applications. This product has a 20-minute gel time.

Crystic® Glosscoat is a polyester coating designed to be applied over prepared crystic primecoat to give a glossier and more durable surface. The material hardens rapidly and can be easily sanded to a smooth surface which can be polished to high gloss. It is designed for spray application using gravity fed, siphon or pressure pot systems.

Crystic® Low Viscosity Gelcoat 64PA is a high performance isophthalic gelcoat, pre-accelerated and formulated for brush or roller application. It is recommended for use in all markets including marine, land transport and building applications and is also suitable for general molding requirements. Crystic® Gelcoat 64PA is approved by Lloyd'™s Register of Shipping.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 195 is a light-stabilized polyester resin containing styrene and methyl methacrylate. When combined with powder-bonded "E" glass, it is recommended for the production of maximum-clarity GRP sheeting with up to 80% light transmission. This product has a 25-minute gel time.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.420PA is a long gel time, low styrene emission, pre-accelerated orthophthalic polyester resin. This laminating resin has a 45-minute gel time and low exotherm, making it suitable for the molding of large structures and thick laminates. Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.402PALV is the low-viscosity version of this product. It has Lloyd's approval and can be used in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications.

Crystic® Isophthalic Sandable Gelcoat 45PA is an isophthalic sandable gel coat that is filled, pre-accelerated, and formulated for spray application. This product provides an excellent surface finish and base for post-painting. It is specially designed for applications that are to be post-painted.

Crystic® Transfer Moulding Resin 1141PA is based on Crystic® 1141, a tough, durable orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin. It is designed for use in resin transfer molding (RTM) and may be used in other resin injection or vacuum-assisted techniques. This product has a longer process time than Crystic® 1142PA.

Crystic® Isophthalic Brush Gelcoat GT-600 is our gelcoat range providing a fast, precise service producing high quality gelcoats for you. Recommended for use in all markets including marine, land transport and building applications. It is also suitable for general molding requirements.