Fibre-Shelkote Vinyl Ester Resin for Swimming Pools

manufactured in the USA

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Established 1999

Fibre-Shelkote
Vinyl Ester Resin II

Fibre-Shelkote Vinyl Ester Resin II is even better than the original Fibre-Shelkote Vinyl Ester Resin. An elongation of the molecular structure has resulted in slower gel time which is perfect for hand lay-up.

Our resin is manufactured specifically for older swimming pools, spa's, and hot tubs that must be resurfaced indoors or outdoors under various climatic conditions.

Take a minute and read the Technical Data Sheet prepared by Interplastic Corporation, one of the country's largest resin manufacturers.



Don't be fooled or mislead by fancy sounding technical terms. Only Vinyl Ester Resin can be used successfully for any resurfacing involving constant submersion in salt or chlorinated water.

Every fiberglass swimming pool and the hull of every fiberglass yacht manufactured in the United States is formed with vinyl ester resin and fiberglass.

It's interesting to note that only the hull of even the most expensive fiberglass yacht is manufactured with vinyl ester resin, the superstructure (everything above) is made with cheap polyester resin.

Our new (2006) resin product VE8137 has an elongated molecular structure which extends the gel-time substantially, and is recommended by the manufacturer for use in swimming pools only.

Based on customer experience this resin can have a life-expectancy of 30 or more years.

Why? Because only the area constantly submerged in water must be made of high quality vinyl ester resin. The rest of a boat, that is not constantly submerged, can be made of less costly polyester resin.

Ask yourself a question: "after my swimming pool is resurfaced, will the new surface be constantly submerged in water"? Of course it will, so it becomes obvious that only vinyl ester resin can be applied to the pool surface. Exactly like every fiberglass swimming pool and fiberglass boat hull manufactured by reliable builders worldwide.

The original Fibre-Shelkote resin (VE8117) had a short gel time of only 12-15 minutes. This gel time was perfect for new fiberglass pools and fiberglass boat hulls being manufactured in a controlled environment, because it was quickly sprayed onto a mold by machine.

Unfortunately, it added additional stress to do-it-yourself pool owners because it dried so quickly.  Viola; Interplastic Corporation developed a slower gel time version of the original VE8117 and designated it VE8137. We call it the best yet: Fibre-Shelkote II.


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