Wear Resistance
Dannomond material combined with a relatively rough texture, can create a very long lasting textured hold.
Until now the main dissadvantage of Polyurethane climbing holds in comparrision to polyester, has been wear resistance. Dannomond changes the dynamic.
The key to developing wear resistant materials is to understand what is happening during the wear process - when holds are on the climbing wall and being climbed on. Composite X developed a test machine that creates similar conditions to the climbing wall and is able to give a comparative result within an hour. The test samples are worn down. The samples that loose the least mass during the test are the best materials.
Composite X compared the results of the Dannomond formula with that of many existing hold formulations and the difference in results were quite revealing.