This is a really good primer on the DHP Resin. You will need to have a .PDF viewer to download the 12 page info packet. These guys are on to something that could help write the next chapter in surfboard design and construction. Clark foam AND EPS compatible, virtually nil on emissions and much better strength to weight properties. Here is the link: http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf Tom S.>>> Check AST site for info-pack: http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf
>>> This is a really good primer on the DHP Resin. You will need to have a > .PDF viewer to download the 12 page info packet. These guys are on to > something that could help write the next chapter in surfboard design and > construction. Clark foam AND EPS compatible, virtually nil on emissions > and much better strength to weight properties. Here is the link:>>> >>">http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf>>> Tom S. I got the info packet and it seems that a large monetary investment is needed if someone wants to get into this glassing process. The resin itself is very expensive and I mean very expensive and you need a special curing room to start. It's a good product but at this time it seems to be out of reach for the back yard builder.Aloha, Kokua
Kokua: I saw the blurb in the online info that made the statement about a $500.-$1000. investment to refit a shop with some type of curing oven. There was no mention of resin cost, or even that it was ready to be marketed. What type of heat and what temp. range are we talking about for curing? What is the cost of the product relative to conventional Silmar or similar resin? Thanks for the info. Tom S.>>> I got the info packet and it seems that a large monetary investment is > needed if someone wants to get into this glassing process. The resin > itself is very expensive and I mean very expensive and you need a special > curing room to start. It's a good product but at this time it seems to be > out of reach for the back yard builder.Aloha, Kokua
>>> Kokua:>>> I saw the blurb in the online info that made the statement about a > $500.-$1000. investment to refit a shop with some type of curing oven. > There was no mention of resin cost, or even that it was ready to be > marketed. What type of heat and what temp. range are we talking about for > curing? What is the cost of the product relative to conventional Silmar or > similar resin? Thanks for the info.>>> Tom S. Howzit Tom, I'm looking for the info they sent me, I remember the resin cost was expensive,like over $500.00 for 5 gals. I will get back( hopefully I'll find the info packet) with more prices later. Today is a sanding day so I'll be busy but I'll keep looking. Aloha, Kokua
>>> Howzit Tom, I'm looking for the info they sent me, I remember the resin > cost was expensive,like over $500.00 for 5 gals. I will get back( > hopefully I'll find the info packet) with more prices later. Today is a > sanding day so I'll be busy but I'll keep looking. Aloha, Kokua kokua- are you sure? those guys are NUTS. silmar 249a costs me $11 a gallon (by the drum). this revolutionary crap is TEN TIMES the cost of what's currently used? and i have to build some pseudo-kiln to cook my boards overnight at a further cost of $1000 or so? and the electricity to run it? those boards better be so f*#$*ng strong i can run my station wagon back and forth over them in the parking lot in order to sell my customers on the extra $150 they'll have to shell out. jim dunlop
>>>those boards better be so f*#$*ng strong i can run my station > wagon back and forth over them in the parking lot in order to sell my > customers on the extra $150 they'll have to shell out.>>> jim dunlop This stuff isn't just a better resin. The performance is so good it changes the existing composite equation - you can use low cost, low density styrene foams, and you can use less cloth. So there are a few cost savings in foam and cloth to offset the extra cost of DHP. Using lower density foams gives you a lot more bouyancy to play around with. You'll be able to make thinner boards that have more flex and response but they'll also last better. Once shapers start adapting their designs to the possibilities of this stuff and you start getting some killer boards out there - surfers will pony up the extra dough just for the performance - the durability will make them more confident about paying extra, but it'll be the performance of the new designs that'll sell them.
>>> This stuff isn't just a better resin. The performance is so good it > changes the existing composite equation - you can use low cost, low > density styrene foams, and you can use less cloth. So there are a few cost > savings in foam and cloth to offset the extra cost of DHP.>>> Using lower density foams gives you a lot more bouyancy to play around > with. You'll be able to make thinner boards that have more flex and > response but they'll also last better. Once shapers start adapting their > designs to the possibilities of this stuff and you start getting some > killer boards out there - surfers will pony up the extra dough just for > the performance - the durability will make them more confident about > paying extra, but it'll be the performance of the new designs that'll sell > them. If you say so ... have fun
i asked for that a few months ago and never received a thing....oh well
This is a really good primer on the DHP Resin. You will need to have a .PDF viewer to download the 12 page info packet. These guys are on to something that could help write the next chapter in surfboard design and construction. Clark foam AND EPS compatible, virtually nil on emissions and much better strength to weight properties. Here is the link: http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf Tom S.>>> Check AST site for info-pack: http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf
>>> This is a really good primer on the DHP Resin. You will need to have a > .PDF viewer to download the 12 page info packet. These guys are on to > something that could help write the next chapter in surfboard design and > construction. Clark foam AND EPS compatible, virtually nil on emissions > and much better strength to weight properties. Here is the link:>>> >>">http://www.astsurf.com/imagery/AST_Glassing_Info.pdf>>> Tom S. I got the info packet and it seems that a large monetary investment is needed if someone wants to get into this glassing process. The resin itself is very expensive and I mean very expensive and you need a special curing room to start. It's a good product but at this time it seems to be out of reach for the back yard builder.Aloha, Kokua
Kokua: I saw the blurb in the online info that made the statement about a $500.-$1000. investment to refit a shop with some type of curing oven. There was no mention of resin cost, or even that it was ready to be marketed. What type of heat and what temp. range are we talking about for curing? What is the cost of the product relative to conventional Silmar or similar resin? Thanks for the info. Tom S.>>> I got the info packet and it seems that a large monetary investment is > needed if someone wants to get into this glassing process. The resin > itself is very expensive and I mean very expensive and you need a special > curing room to start. It's a good product but at this time it seems to be > out of reach for the back yard builder.Aloha, Kokua
>>> Kokua:>>> I saw the blurb in the online info that made the statement about a > $500.-$1000. investment to refit a shop with some type of curing oven. > There was no mention of resin cost, or even that it was ready to be > marketed. What type of heat and what temp. range are we talking about for > curing? What is the cost of the product relative to conventional Silmar or > similar resin? Thanks for the info.>>> Tom S. Howzit Tom, I'm looking for the info they sent me, I remember the resin cost was expensive,like over $500.00 for 5 gals. I will get back( hopefully I'll find the info packet) with more prices later. Today is a sanding day so I'll be busy but I'll keep looking. Aloha, Kokua
what type of heat booth must be made? any cost yet???
>>> Howzit Tom, I'm looking for the info they sent me, I remember the resin > cost was expensive,like over $500.00 for 5 gals. I will get back( > hopefully I'll find the info packet) with more prices later. Today is a > sanding day so I'll be busy but I'll keep looking. Aloha, Kokua kokua- are you sure? those guys are NUTS. silmar 249a costs me $11 a gallon (by the drum). this revolutionary crap is TEN TIMES the cost of what's currently used? and i have to build some pseudo-kiln to cook my boards overnight at a further cost of $1000 or so? and the electricity to run it? those boards better be so f*#$*ng strong i can run my station wagon back and forth over them in the parking lot in order to sell my customers on the extra $150 they'll have to shell out. jim dunlop
>>>those boards better be so f*#$*ng strong i can run my station > wagon back and forth over them in the parking lot in order to sell my > customers on the extra $150 they'll have to shell out.>>> jim dunlop This stuff isn't just a better resin. The performance is so good it changes the existing composite equation - you can use low cost, low density styrene foams, and you can use less cloth. So there are a few cost savings in foam and cloth to offset the extra cost of DHP. Using lower density foams gives you a lot more bouyancy to play around with. You'll be able to make thinner boards that have more flex and response but they'll also last better. Once shapers start adapting their designs to the possibilities of this stuff and you start getting some killer boards out there - surfers will pony up the extra dough just for the performance - the durability will make them more confident about paying extra, but it'll be the performance of the new designs that'll sell them.
>>> This stuff isn't just a better resin. The performance is so good it > changes the existing composite equation - you can use low cost, low > density styrene foams, and you can use less cloth. So there are a few cost > savings in foam and cloth to offset the extra cost of DHP.>>> Using lower density foams gives you a lot more bouyancy to play around > with. You'll be able to make thinner boards that have more flex and > response but they'll also last better. Once shapers start adapting their > designs to the possibilities of this stuff and you start getting some > killer boards out there - surfers will pony up the extra dough just for > the performance - the durability will make them more confident about > paying extra, but it'll be the performance of the new designs that'll sell > them. If you say so ... have fun
>>> If you say so ... have fun Pauly knows
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