Utilizing borax trifluoride as a beta-stage gelling agent

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES FROM CURABLE OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESINS WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF (A) MIXING SAID RESIN WITH (A) A MONOMERIC ORGANIC COMPOUND HAVING AN OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND WHICH REACTS WITH THE OLEFINIC UNSATURATED BOND OF SAID POLYESTER RESIN IN COPOLYMERIZATION BY A FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST, (B) AT LEAST ONE FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST WHICH IS ACTIVE ONLY AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 60*C. SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BENZOYL PEROXIDE, PARACHLOROBENZOYL PEROXIDE, DI-TERTIARYBUTYL PEROXIDE, TERTIARY BUTYL PERPHTHALIC ACID, 2,2-BIS(TERTIARY BUTYL) PEROXYBUTANE, TERTIARY-BUTYL PERACETATE, DI-CUMYL PEROXIDE, LAUROYL PEROXIDE, AZO-BIS-ISOBUTYLONITRILE, AND AZOBIS-PHENYL ETHANE, THE AMOUNT OF SAID FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST BEING 0.01 TO 5 PARTS BY WEIGHT FOR EVERY 100 PARTS COMPRISING SAID RESIN AND SAID MONOMER, AND (C) A BORON TRIFLUORIDE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF BORON TRIFLUORIDE AND ITS ADDUCTS, THE AMOUNT OF SAID BORON TRIFLUORIDE COMPOUND BEING 0.001 TO 5 PARTS BY WEIGHT FOR EACH 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT COMPRISING SAID RESIN AND SAID MONOMER; (B) ALLOWING THE RESULTING RESINOUS MIXTURE TO REACT AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 60*C. TO FORM A DEFORMABLE GEL WHICH IS STABLE TO PROLONGED STORAGE; AND (C) THEREAFTER SUBJECTING SAID GEL TO A TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 60*C. TO CURE SAID GEL TO A HARD PRODUCT.