known substitutes - beginner in Australia

[Scott]

I live in Australia where GFRC is basically unheard of. Those who do it hold their cards VERY close to their chest.

Trying to get Fortron or polyplex is nigh impossible without importing and I can imagine the nightmare importing small batches of chemicals.

I have the Gore DVD and I'm looking for substitutes for virtually everything except portland cement and water!

ANY ideas or tips will be greatly appreciated.

I was able to source cemfil fibre (even that was a drama) - there is a nippon glass guy here but they don't have polyplex(!?)

Any generic names would probably be more helpful than brand names but ANY advice would be great.

I am an absolute beginner in experimental stages as I can't fly to America for training (yet)

Thanks in advance

Scott

[james gatehouse]

Glass fiber ,ocv reinforcements , perth 94555866

[Scott]

Thanks James - the cemfil I have comes from there. There is also an NEG guy here, Mal Cowan, but they only sell fibre and not polyplex (crazy!) - unfortunately.
What I need is substitutes for polyplex / fortron and a good superplasticiser - the other stuff can wait I guess...

[Alla Linetsky]

Here is the link to the BASF Australia page. Give those folks a call.

http://www.basf-cc.com.au/EN/Pages/default.aspx

Also, see if you can join a concrete professional association of some sort - they're a great resource for technical advice and product sourcing.