PRODUCT USER GUIDES

• A High Performance Clear Coating Scheme for Wooden Boats
  This scheme is recommended for finishing all bare surfaces of plywood, solid timber and laminated stock of decks, hulls and interiors or for other wood surfaces where a high build quality and lasting clear finish is required.
• A High Performance Painting Scheme for Wooden Boats
  This scheme, which uses a combination of SP high quality coating products, is recommended for wooden boats of glued construction, i.e. cold-moulded, strip planked or of plywood where kiln dried timber has been used in the construction.
• Bonding with Epoxy in Wood Construction
  One of the main changes that has occurred in wood construction in the last 50 years has been the adoption of resin technology both to glue structures together and to make wood available in a more stabilized, laminated sheet form as plywood.
• Building Custom Sailboards and Surfboards
  This guide has been produced to assist the increasing number of D.I.Y. enthusiasts who wish to emulate the top custom board producers and build a surf or sailboard using the SP 115 epoxy laminating system.
• Construction Methods in Wood Boatbuilding
  Although epoxy systems are excellent glues with excellent properties - highly adhesive, tough, waterproof, gap filling, non-shrink, solvent-free and chemical resistant - they are sometimes not the most suitable glues to use.
• Crystallization of Liquid Epoxy Resins (SP)
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• Epoxy Amine by Product Formulation
  This document describes the causes, preventative measures and ways to overcome the phenomenon of by-product formation which is sometimes seen on Epoxy/Amine resin systems and coatings.
• General Health & Safety Guide for Resins & Hardeners
  SP-High Modulus brand epoxy resins, hardeners, and other products are high performance materials. Gurit is concerned that our customers can use our products safely, and therefore we have developed this document
• Guide to Decking with Teak
  For most craft where a durable deck surface is required, teak provides the ideal properties. Teak can enhance the visual appearance of any deck and can provide good grip characteristics especially when wet.
• Guide to Filler Powders
  SP filler powders are designed to modify the properties of some of the SP liquid solvent-free epoxy resins and so to create a variety of semi-liquid products such as filling and fairing compounds and adhesives
• Guide to Solvents
  SP-High Modulus produces a range of formulated solvents for use with both solvent-free and solvent-based products
• Metallic Surface Preperation Guide for Adhesives
  SP-High Modulus adhesives form extremely strong and durable bonds with metals, wood, concrete, ceramics, composite and many other materials. Designers in every sphere of industry increasingly find that bonding with SP-High Modulus adhesives provides the answer to production problems posed by new materials, new uses of existing materials, and new techniques and manufacturing methods.
• Protective Coatings for Wood
  This guide has been written specifically with wooden boats in mind. However, the rationale for the various coating schemes and the techniques employed can be applied to any wooden structure.
• Sheathing Wood with Glass Reinforcement
  Although wood has excellent properties as a building material, peak performance can be achieved only when it is relatively dry, and protected with an effective coating scheme.
• SP Guide to using Epoxies in the Restoration of Wooden Craft
  The wood epoxy composite technique, which has revolutionised the way wooden boats are built, has also been successfully applied to the restoration of old wooden craft.
• SP Guide to Wooden Foil Construction
  One of the easiest ways all owners can improve boatspeed is to acquire a new set of foils, the centreboard or daggerboard being the most important rather than the rudder.
• The Simple Guide to Epoxies (v4)
  Epoxies are polymer materials, which begin life as liquid and are converted to the solid polymer by a chemical reaction. An epoxy-based polymer is mechanically strong, chemically resistant to degradation in the solid form and highly adhesive during conversion from liquid to solid.
• The User Guide to Handling Solvent-Free Epoxies in Cold Conditions
  This guide is intended for all users of epoxy products and is designed to widen the temperature range under which the products can be used. The type of epoxies most influenced by temperature levels in the workshop are the solvent-free epoxies.