Email Tip: West System Microbubbles, Ticket to Texture?
Tip: 8/30/03: Excellent website! My friends and I have rented out a storage unit and built ourselves our own co-op gym. We currently have plenty of holds but there are definitely a few favorite flavors which would be nice to reproduce at home. I have produced a few prototypes to get the whole process down and the plastic mix just right. I used to help a guy build boats out of foam, fiberglass and epoxy;so I have some exposure to some of the stuff these folks are suggesting for the plastic mix. The West System microbubbles might just be the ticket along with a light filler and silica sand. After closely looking at some of the Voodoo holds in our gym and messing aroung w/ some surfboard resin I figured the way Voodoo does the dual texture is they add a second glossy coat of resin to the areas they want smooth after the hold has hardened and been popped out of the mold. I haven’t tried it yet but will give you an update. Also it should be further stressed that when pouring the plastic/bon
