UV stable clear laminating resin


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pieinthesky
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I have been making laminates using Linnen material and EC laminating epoxy and it works OK.  I do a hand layup and the squeeze out the excess resin in a press.  The thickness is 25mm and the max size about 200mm x 50mm

I would like to try a resin that is water clear and UV stable such as EC Polyurethane casting resin.

Is Easy Composites Polyurethane resin suitable for this application or is there anything else suitable?

I suspect that I wont have long enough to work unless the resin is thin enough to soak through a ready made stack of cloth.  I would also like to know if the resin will stay in the laminate, is it so thin it will all run out leaving it dry?

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Mike

Edit.  I am not keen on using polyester as I will be working in our kitchen and wifey no likey the smellySmile
Edited 11 Years Ago by pieinthesky
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Thanks Warren.

is there such a thing as polyurethane laminating resin?
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From what I've seen (but not tried yet) Polyurethane resins react more to impurities, water, wood etc creating bubbles within the resin so it would not be suitable for lamination.

I'm looking at casting sections of pure PU for my next project but from others experiences it has to be 2-5min cure to prevent the bubbles forming, i.e. it has to cure before it has time to react
Edited 11 Years Ago by ChrisR
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