FAQs
Everything you need to know before buying your resin kit from RSD
We’ve gathered the most common questions our customers ask to help you know exactly what to expect.
29/04/2025
Resin Bonded Trade Kits
Our resin bonded gravel kits provide an alternative surfacing solution to more traditional paving options.
Resin bonded is a non-porous surface dressing solution where you apply resin to a sound substrate base and then sprinkle the aggregate over to the top so it sticks to the resin.
FAQs
Resin Bonded FAQs
Resin bonded surfaces have become a popular choice for driveways, pathways, patios, and various other applications due to their durability, aesthetic appeal, and low maintenance.
30/05/2024
FAQs
Resin Winter Maintenance FAQs
How should you take care of resin surfaces in winter, what cleaning products can be used? Find by reading our Resin Winter Maintenance FAQs.
07/12/2022
Resin Bonded Trade Kits
Available in a huge variety of colours, Decra®Stone is an extremely durable contemporary surfacing system, designed to dramatically transform new and existing areas of asphalt or concrete with minimal preparation and disruption.
With an expected life-span of 8 – 15 years under normal conditions, Decra®Stone also demonstrates excellent value for money.
It is specifically designed for laying driveways, patios, footpaths, and other areas of hard landscaping, including vehicle trafficked and parking areas.
What’s included in a kit
- • Covers areas up to 15m²
- • 1 Part A and 1 Part B Resin Component (17.5kg)
- • 4 x 25kg Bags of Specialist Washed & Dried Aggregate
Advice from Resin Sales Direct
Equipment
- Flat headed squeegee
- Serrated head squeegee
- Shovel
- High torque drill with a helical whisk attachment
- Wheelbarrow
- Polythene to protect the floor
- Duct tape
- White spirits & cloths
- Tape measure
- Disposable gloves
Good to Know
Check project dimensions to ensure you have enough material to complete your project. We recommend ordering a 10% contingency.
Cooler weather increases product curing time.
Do not lay in wet weather or temperatures below 5 degrees centigrade.
A suitable primer should be used on concrete areas before application.
Resin Bound Training
Welcome to our professional resin bound training from Resin Sales Direct!
With more than 30 years’ experience in the specialist surfacing industry, RSD is committed to sharing our extensive experience with others in order to promote the very highest standards of professionalism in resin bound and bonded surfacing installation.
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Expert Resin Bound Installation Training
Our training courses are run by experienced industry professionals who are able to answer all the practical and theory-based questions which you may have.
As one of the most comprehensive courses available, this one day course has been designed to be practical, informative and hands-on.
Typically run in groups of 5 – 12, questions are actively encouraged and you will have the opportunity to try out some of the techniques you have learned.
You will learn
- Resin Bound Systems Overview
- Different bases that Resin Bound can be laid on
- Advantages of Resin Bound and Bonded surfacing
- How resin bound systems work
- Resin bound external – Specification and base build-up
- Ratios of Resin and Aggregate and Application theory
- Resin specification and recommendation – UV or Non UV
- Essential equipment to be used for resin installation
- How to mix the resin and resin products
- Preparation of the site including Health and Safety and wearing the right PPE
- Installation process – mixing, luting, trowelling
- Site clean down
- What could go wrong? Including troubleshooting, temperature fluctuations and weather interruptions
- Practical demonstration of trowelling. – Your chance to practice what you have learned under our guidance
