Fiberglass Mold Surface

The leading manufacturer of fire trucks and emergency response vehicles in the United Kingdom called on Industrial Polymers to develop a product and application methodology which would allow the production Of an in-mold, integral, non-skid, urethane, wear surface over fiberglass molded parts. The result is a process which employees a high-build thixotropic elastomeric polymer compound applied as a first coat into an existing fiberglass mold. A special non-disclosed procedure is then applied, and then the fiberglass resin and matting is applied as usual. When removed from the mold the urethane over fiberglass panel exhibits a uniformly high quality molded appearance which is also very impact resistant. The photo demonstrates a molded, modular, fiberglass floor panel designed for a fire truck application. The finished result is a molded rubberized surface over molded fiberglass parts. The color, thickness and shore hardness of the urethane can be varied to produce virtually any level of impact resistance required.