Sicomin in Namibia

When adhesion, strength or clarity carry the job. Epoxy bonds to timber, old laminates and metals far better than polyester, shrinks less, and resists water without gelcoat protection — which is why timber-composite boat work, structural repairs over existing hulls, and anything laminated onto wood should be epoxy. Clear casting is the other territory: river tables and deep pours need epoxy chemistry. For routine GRP laminating in a mould, NCS polyester remains the economical right answer; the counter will price both honestly against your job.

Thick, clear pours in a hot country. Deep castings generate their own heat as they cure; a fast hardener in a Namibian workshop turns a river-table pour into a cracked, yellowed exotherm. SD7160’s slow cure keeps thick sections cool and water-clear, and the UV Greencast technology resists the yellowing that our sunlight otherwise inflicts on clear epoxy. Pour in controlled lifts, shade the work, and a Namibian summer becomes survivable for casting work. It pairs with the Sicomin resin kits we stock.

Kits at 1.4 kg, 7.1 kg and 35.5 kg — sized so a hobbyist casting coasters, a furniture maker on river tables, and a boatyard laminating structurally all buy the same chemistry at their own scale, as the catalogue’s "arts and crafts to industrial" line promises. The epoxy pigment card runs twelve shades including Pearlescent Green and Pearlescent Silver, plus Luminous Green, Royal Blue, Turquoise and the solid colours. Both branches stock the range; larger kits can be scheduled to project timelines.

Temperature discipline, twice over. Heat: epoxy pot life halves roughly every 10 °C, so summer work means small mixes, shaded resin and morning sessions — and deep pours need the slow hardener, full stop. Cold: coastal fog mornings can stall a cure below the resin’s minimum temperature; warm the workshop, not the mixed pot. Measure ratios by the kit’s exact proportions (epoxy forgives nothing on ratio), and wear gloves religiously — epoxy sensitisation is cumulative and permanent. Our counter gives seasonal guidance with every kit.