Learn More About Our Chemical Testing
We have the knowledge and experience in this field to guarantee first-rate standards of testing. This testing allows you to understand the characteristics of the resin, ensure its quality control, and determine its suitability for use in your field.
Our Superior Expertise in Chemical Testing.
At Resin Services, our chemical testing helps you understand exactly how your resin or composite behaves - from how it cures, flows, and resists chemicals to how it weathers over time. Using a range of AS and ISO-aligned methods, we can identify weaknesses, verify formulation quality, and confirm long-term performance. Whether you’re developing a new product, troubleshooting a batch, or ensuring compliance with industry standards, our testing gives you the data and insights to make confident, informed decisions about your materials.
Viscosity / Rheology Testing
If your resin doesn’t flow or apply the way you expect, viscosity and rheology testing can show you why. We measure how your material behaves under real-world conditions; during mixing, application, or infusion; and then help you fine-tune the formulation to get it working smoothly.
Viscosity and rheology testing provide insight into a resin’s flow behaviour, application characteristics, and curing response under different shear rates. By analysing how a resin behaves during mixing, coating, or infusion, we can help customers optimise formulations for better processability, surface finish, and wet-out performance.
Rheological profiling also assists in identifying issues such as thixotropy, settling, or air entrapment, ensuring resins perform consistently across production and field applications.
Whether you need better wet-out, sprayability, or thickness control, we’ll help you understand what’s happening in the lab so you can fix it on the production floor.
Cure Time Testing
Curing too fast, or too slow, can throw an entire batch off. With controlled cure time testing, we pinpoint how temperature, humidity, and catalyst concentration affect your resin’s working and hardening time.
Cure time testing determines how long a resin or adhesive requires to reach full crosslink density under specific temperature and humidity conditions. Our laboratory evaluates gel time, tack-free time, and full cure profiles, helping manufacturers balance production speed with mechanical and chemical performance.
This data allows for improved batch consistency, reduced waste, and better predictability in field curing—particularly critical for epoxy flooring, polymer concrete, and composite layup systems.
That means you can confidently plan your process - whether you’re casting, laying up, or coating - knowing exactly when your material will be ready to handle or demould.
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
DSC tells you how your resin reacts to heat - how it cures, when it softens, and how stable it is once fully cured.
It measures the thermal transitions of resin systems, such as glass transition temperature (Tg), melting points, and cure exotherms. This data is crucial for assessing degree of cure, thermal stability, and process optimisation in thermosetting and thermoplastic systems.
By comparing DSC curves before and after processing, clients can confirm whether a material has fully cured or requires adjustment to catalyst concentration, ramp rate, or post-cure temperature.
It’s a powerful way to confirm
degree of cure,
thermal stability, or whether a product needs a
post-cure cycle to perform at its best. If you’ve had problems with cracking, low Tg, or inconsistent results, DSC data can show you exactly where things are going wrong.
Weathering of Coating / Gloss Loss / Colour Changes
If your coating or composite is used outdoors, UV and weathering tests are crucial. We use accelerated exposure to simulate months or years of sunlight, heat, and moisture, and then measure how your gloss, colour, and surface properties hold up.
Accelerated weathering tests simulate UV exposure, temperature cycling, and moisture effects to evaluate a coating’s durability and colour stability over time. Using gloss meters and spectrophotometers, Resin Services quantifies surface degradation, yellowing, and chalking under controlled conditions.
This testing enables manufacturers to select the most suitable UV stabilisers, pigments, and resin systems for long-term outdoor applications — helping predict real-world performance and extend product lifespan.
You’ll see how your formulation performs before it’s even in the field, so you can choose stabilisers and pigments that actually last under Australian conditions.
Solids Content Testing
When you’re balancing VOC compliance, coverage, or film thickness, solids testing gives you the numbers to back it up.
Solids content testing determines the proportion of non-volatile components in a resin formulation. By accurately measuring solids by weight or volume, Resin Services assists in maintaining consistent film thickness, VOC compliance, and resin-to-filler ratios.
This test is particularly valuable for coating manufacturers and adhesive formulators seeking to optimise drying time, coverage, and final film properties.
We’ll help you confirm that your resin or coating has the right ratio of non-volatiles, so you can achieve consistent quality and performance every time you mix or spray.
Chlorine Resistance Testing (AS1838 Appendix E)
If your product is exposed to pools, wastewater, or cleaning agents, chlorine resistance can make or break it.
Chlorine resistance testing evaluates how resins and coatings perform under chlorinated water exposure, common in pools, wastewater systems, and marine environments. This test measures discolouration, surface degradation, and mechanical property loss over time.
Resin Services uses controlled immersion and accelerated aging techniques to identify failure points and guide material selection or additive optimisation for improved long-term resistance.
We run controlled exposure and ageing tests to see how your resin holds up, from checking for colour change, softening, or loss of mechanical strength. From there, we can suggest formulation tweaks or additive changes to boost its long-term durability.
How It All Comes Together
Every test we run is about helping you make better decisions - whether that’s choosing the right resin system, cutting material costs, or solving a production issue that’s slowing you down.
When you send us a sample, we’ll walk you through what we’re testing, what we’re seeing, and what it means for your process. You’ll get data that’s easy to understand and directly relevant to your work.
Interested in our top-tier resin testing capabilities? We’re here to help!
If you have any questions, require a quote, or would like to discuss your specific testing needs, please don't hesitate to contact us. Our friendly and knowledgeable team is here to assist you and ensure that your resin testing requirements are met with the highest level of professionalism and precision.
