Ashland Performance Materials is a leading worldwide gelcoat supplier serving the fiber reinforced plastics and cast polymer industries. While Ashlands premium family of MAXGUARD gelcoats has become synonymous with enduring, beautiful finishes, our ENGUARD gelcoats are well-known for their years of reliable product performance. Today, youll find our two gelcoat families all over the world in everything from sailing yachts and high speed trains to truck caps and wind turbine blades and nearly anything in between. With over 50 years of experience in the thermoset polymer industry, Ashland Performance Materials highly focused research and development teams have specifically tailored polymeric resins for our gelcoat products. These Ashland-manufactured resins have been carefully blended with a selective group of colorants and additives, to give us our robust, hard-working ENGUARD product family. As our ENGUARD product family demonstrates, product consistency is a priority at Ashland, and we have a long and successful record of delivering on quality. Our manufacturing teams work constantly to improve production methods and to implement quality methods and systems such as Six Sigma1, Lean Manufacturing, and ISO 9001. Ashland also is an industry leader in environmentally responsible facility operation and product stewardship. Ashland has been incorporating the Responsible Care* guiding principles into our product development, product handling and operations since the inception of the program and also has achieved a top-10 ranking in Fortune magazines Most Admired Chemical Companies for several years. This ENGUARD Product Guide includes gelcoats, topcoats and color pastes serving many market segments. Our account managers and technical service engineers will guide you to find the right ENGUARD product for your application needs.
enguard gelcoats
ENGUARD and MAXGUARD gelcoats match perfectly with the INSTINT colour concept. By using INSTINT you get the exact gelcoat color tinting in just minutes.
general purpose marine transportation panels / sheets building / construction cast marble / sanitary other products seven check points to a good result 4 4 6 8 8 10 10
general purpose marine
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD GE
Gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance and UV light stability. Lloyds, Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyds approvals. Decks, hulls. TM: Topcoat. Boat hulls, interior parts of boats
Gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance and UV light stability. Lloyds approval. Decks, hulls. Topcoat version available for interior parts.
ENGUARD SI
transportation
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD AE
Gelcoat with excellent fire retardant properties. Classified as AFNOR M1 F3 when laminate built of AROPOL F 804 TF resin. Train interior parts. Gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance and UV light stability. Buses, trucks, spoilers, windshields etc. TM: Topcoat. For exterior and interior parts.
ENGUARD GE
ENGUARD SD ENGUARD SI
Fast curing gelcoat which is easy to sand. For parts to be painted.
Gelcoat with good hydrolysis properties and UV light stability. Buses, trucks, spoilers, windshields etc. Topcoat version available for interior parts.
PR: Promoted gelcoat giving fast curing. For RTM applications. \Parts for buses, trains, etc.
Consult also our MAXGUARD Premium Gelcoats product guide.
panels / sheets
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD GC PN
Low emission gelcoat with good UV light stability and impact resistance, containing release agent. Food contact approved. For continuous lamination of panels. Gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance and UV light stability. Exterior and interior panels, isolated doors etc. 10000: White gelcoat. Food contact approved. Exterior and interior panels, isolated doors etc. TM: Topcoat. For exterior and interior parts.
ENGUARD GE
ENGUARD GI White pigmented, high-filled gelcoat. Inside container panels, etc.
ENGUARD SD Fast curing gelcoat which is easy to sand. For parts to be painted. ENGUARD SI
Gelcoat with good hydrolysis properties and UV light stability For panels, doors, walls, etc. 10001: White gelcoat. Food contact approved. Exterior and interior panels, isolated doors, etc. 10001 PF: White topcoat. For interior and exterior parts. AD PR: Promoted gelcoat containing release agent. For interior and exterior parts.
ENGUARD SO
Gelcoat for interior parts. APS V9: Topcoat giving a hard surface for good abrasive resistance. For truck container floors, etc.
Consult also our MAXGUARD Premium Gelcoats product guide.
building / construction
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD AE
Gelcoat with excellent fire retardant properties. Classified as AFNOR M1 F3 when laminate built of AROPOL F 804 TF resin. Interior walls, parts, furnitures, etc. Gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance and UV light stability. Wind turbine blades, silos, facade panels, etc. TM: Topcoat / For interior and exterior parts. Fast curing, flexible gelcoat. Flagpoles.
ENGUARD GE
ENGUARD GP ENGUARD SI
Gelcoat with good hydrolysis properties and UV light stability. Wind turbine blades, silos, facade panels, etc. AR: Gelcoat giving a hard surface with good abrasive resistance. Flooring, park slides, etc.
ENGUARD SO Gelcoat. For interior parts.
cast marble / sanitary
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD SA 90007 Transparent gelcoat with good hydrolysis resistance.
Sinks, bath tubs, wash basins etc. PF: Topcoat. Sinks, bath tubs, wash basins etc.
ENGUARD SA RL
Gelcoat with excellent hydrolysis and thermo shock resistance. Sinks, bath tubs, wash basins etc.
Consult also our MAXGUARD Premium Gelcoats product guide.
other products
gelcoat characteristics / applications
ENGUARD GEL ENGUARD PC
Conductive gelcoats. For parts where reduced static electricity of importance.
ENGUARD PA 90000 PROPATCH patching additive is blended with gelcoat to repair gelcoated parts. Color paste based on reactive resin to pigment resin or clear gelcoat.
ENGUARD PM Color paste based on monomer free resin used in SMC / BMC materials. ENGUARD PX
Gelcoat with good adhesion to epoxy laminate.
ENGUARD SA 90200 Thixotropic base gelcoat to be blended with colour paste. ENGUARD SI 90200 ENGUARD SPE ENGUARD SPG ENGUARD SPN ENGUARD ST
Thixotropic base gelcoat to be blended with colour paste. Highly thixotropic isophtalic gelcoat putty. For fixing gelcoat joints, for repair, etc. Highly thixotropic ISO/NPG gelcoat putty. For fixing gelcoat joints, for repair, etc. Highly thixotropic ISO/NPG LE gelcoat putty. For fixing gelcoat joints, for repair, etc.
Tooling gelcoat.
seven check points to a good result
1 storage area
planning See that enough of needed gelcoat grade is available. Take gelcoat into the workshop well before use.
Store gelcoat at room temperature or slightly below. Outside of direct sun light.
catalyst See that addition of MEKP-catalyst (1,5-2,5%) into gelcoat is accurate.
application Keep tools in good order and follow the spray equipment manufacturers instructions.
limited - - white, black, ivory spray 6.000 brush 8.000 spray 6.000 brush 8.000 spray 6.000 brush 8.000 high viscosity high viscosity high viscosity spray 6.000 brush 9.000
unlimited
8 - 13 8 13 8 13 8 8 8 8 13 Iso/NPG Iso Iso Iso Iso Iso
neutral
neutral unlimited unlimited unlimited black, green, blue
temperature See that the temperature of gelcoat, mould and workshop is 1825 C before starting.
preparation Stir the gelcoat gently in its original can/ package before use.
finishing Close the lid of the can/package after use and move it to the storage area. Clean tools and spray equipment.
for more information see our gelcoat handling guide.
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Ashland Performance Materials is the number one global leader in unsaturated polyester resins and vinyl ester resins. In addition, it provides customers with leading technologies in gelcoats, pressure-sensitive and structural adhesives, and metal casting consumables and design services.
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