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Climbing holds material

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 Tom Last 27 Dec 2006

Hello.

I wonder does anyone know the name/s of the resin that climbing holds are made of and anyone who manufactures and sells the stuff?

Cheers
Tom
karl walton 27 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg:
I believe they use polyester fibre glass resin (as for walls etc) with fillers (to their special recipe).
There should be lots of people along with more detail.
karl walton 27 Dec 2006
In reply to karl walton:
Although for home use wood is much easier and less messy.
Paul Allen 27 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg:
I've made some in the past using polyester resin mixed with sand, a bit of cement and some colour pigment. Its pretty nasty stuff though and needs to be handled with care.

Not sure where we bought it from (was about 5 years ago), think it was some kind of industrial chemical supplier.
OP Tom Last 27 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg:

Thanks all.

Tom
 Al Evans 27 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg: Danny French used to work from my ex-wife's (and my ex) Garage. He makes French Holds and holds for other companies too, in my opinion they are the best.
This covers most of them
http://www.indoor-rock.co.uk/
steve.gibson 27 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg: i found this site a while ago cant remember how and was planning to make some holds but never got around to it. let us know how it goes thanks steve

http://www.alpinedave.com/misc/holds/hold_making.htm
Lost_Puppy1 28 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg:
there was a thread about this a while ago which might be worth searching for - i think it included these links
http://www.alumilite.com/index.php?page=show_applications
http://www.stephenwilliamson.com/Climbing/climbingholds.htm
if you have a chisle, file, sandpaper and patience lumps of hard wood work well
In reply to Al Evans:

Good luck anyone with trying to contact Indoor-rock. They're impossible to get hold of!!!
 Dax H 29 Dec 2006
In reply to Queequeg: http://www....
a company in Leeds who might be willing to sell you the stuff to make your own.
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