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I have used MC 1834. It needs a defoamer and, if you are going to keep it around for a while, a bacteriocide, both of which R& H will recommend. I believe that Forton may be based upon this polymer but I would use Forton first if I could get it. I...
Hi Scott,
I may have mentioned this on an earlier email but I have used the 1834 and it works fine for GFRC as a film forming acrylic emulsion. When I was recherching all the polymers for us to carry for GFRC I spent some time with a chemist from...
Scott, the Rhoplex looks good, but it probably doesn't have a defoamer in it. You'll whip it into a froth without it. For gfrc, we usually replace 25-30% of water with the acrylic, but because of the solids, you will need to increase both the wate...
GFRC is strong enough to handle after 24 hours, wet cure or not. This is why a lot of people think it's unnecessary. But the quality of concrete is far, far better with wet curing, especially with added heat. By 'quality' I mean surface hardness, ...
Hey Scott
If your struggling to find tri-butyle.. I may be able to send you some, if you pay for postage from NZ. I've got a big old drum of it, and won't get through all of it before it goes bad. I would say a liter will last you quite a while, ...
Scott, the DuoMatrix cement from Smooth-On is a fast-setting CSA blend, I believe. It's not for beginners, and not for large pieces. Smooth-On caters to people who make crafts, i.e. small objects. It's also unreasonably expensive.
In Australia, y...
Hi Scott
Like you I'm not based in the United Sates so US brand name products like Polyplex aren’t as readily available to us as to our US brothers - but frankly its not that big a hurdle to overcome!
If you want Polyplex, or similar products, h...
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 10:56pm on September 1, 2009,
james gatehouse said…
- Hi Scott , how you going with your gfrc? did you get hold of a source for the polymer?
- At 10:49pm on July 8, 2009,
Sam Burson said…
- Hi Scott.
I did my first GFRC last week... so I'm no seasoned pro.
In saying that, from doing that one piece; it was very easy compared to wet cast.
How long have you been doing CC? How is business over there for you at the moment??
- At 9:17am on August 19, 2008,
Mike Cook said… 
used clay to shape and set rock in to the clay that stayed with the gfrc when i demolded.
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