Casting

Composites Plus' casting resins offer produce high quality castings. Our mineral fillable casting resins allow fast wet out of filler, good air release and excellent physical performance. These low shrinkage resins produce aesthetically pleasing bathroom products.

Clear casting and solid surface resins are currently under development by RF technical staff.

	PS-188	PS-M702
Description	Poliset PS-188 is an orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin, designed for marble and sanitary casting applications.	Poliset PS-M702 is a pre-promoted and waxed orthophthalic type resin. It is designed for manufacturing of cultured marble, onyx bath-tub applications.
Technical Data Sheet
Application Processes
Benefits	PS-188 has good positive cure and will accept high filler loadings. It is commonly used with calcium carbonate and microspheres to produce quality bathroom accessories.	It has excellent colour stability, clarity, high filler compatibility and resistance to impact.Fast cure time for fast de-molding - High filler load ability - Good dimensional stability - Good transparency - Good pigment dispersion
Chemical Structure
Tensile Strength MPa	60	50 - 60
Tensile Modulus GPa	3.0	3.0 - 4.0
Flexural Strength MPa	100	95 - 115
Flexural Modulus GPa	3.0	3.5 - 3.8
Elongation %	3.0	2.0 - 3.0
Heat Distortion Temperature	55°C	75 - 85 °C
Acid Value	22 - 28	20 - 28
Appearance	Pink turbid
Viscosity cps@25C	200 - 300	250 - 350
Styrene Content	36 - 44	30 - 37
Geltime@1.5% A50 MEKP@ 25°C	9 - 10min	10 - 14min