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In article ,
Milton Waddams wrote:
Does uncoated fiberglass lose it's strength with long term exposure to
UV light? Should I cover it with paint or gelcoat? This is some wooden
thing I built and coated with cloth and resin. Thanks all,

Milton

Yes, you need to cover it. Fiberglass does degrade with UV
exposure. That's why you cover it.


Sorry Ganz, but fiberglass does NOT degrade because of UV exposure.
Glass is proof against UV. It's not the glass that's the problem. It's
the resin that binds the glass. Perhaps if you had not consumed mass
quantities of illegal drugs you would be able to demonstrate clear
thinking once in a while.

"Fiberglass" is synonymous with 'fiber-reinforced resin.' Jon was
referring to the composite structure, of which a significant part is the
resin. He wasn't wrong, and you are a pedantic jerk.


Ganz was definitely wrong and you are wrong as well. Fiberglass is the
glass fiber.

Really. So all that corporate boat advertising literature stating their
boats are built of "fiberglass" is wrong by your decree? And
www.yachtworld.com is also wrong when using the symbol 'F' for construction
material when referring to the boats in their listings? And the ski
industry was wrong for advertising "fiberglass" construction?

Is that so hard to understand? GRP stands for glass reinforced plastic.

Ask almost anyone what his FRP or GRP boat is made of and I'll bet you'll
hear "fiberglass." Most folks aren't as pedantic as thou. Or as jerky.

The resin is the plastic. Saying fiberglass, which is only the glass, is
affected by UV is simple-minded.

Saying "fiberglass" is convention. You are the soldier out of step with the
rest of the battalion.

It demonstrates your ignorance. It's the resin that's degraded by UV and
not the glass.

I'm aware of that. It's your ignorance that fails to recognize that
conventional speech transcends technical details in all walks of life. The
vast majority of people who own fiberglass boats aren't engineers or
scientists. Fiberglass is the commonly-used term, not GRP. But to make my
point, an engineer in our marina told me last summer that he wished he could
afford an aluminum boat in lieu of his "fiberglass" one.

Waddams is ignorant of the proper terminology and so is Ganz and so are
you apparently. Here is the dictionary definition of fiberglass.

fi•ber•glass \-'glas\ n : glass in fibrous form used in making various
products (as insulation)

Now, run along little illiterate.

I'll bet you're absolutely a stitch at a party. Of course I doubt if you
still get invited to any, if your pedantic outlook on everything pervades
your social intercourse with others. You, no doubt, are the guy others tend
to ignore, or talk about behind your back: "That Neal Warren is such an
asshole--always spouting off about how everyone is wrong and he's right . .
.." Most likely you sit and home with the inflatable doll, telling "her" all
about how the rest of the world is stupid. And of course her response is:
"hisssssssssssss."

Max