What's the likelyhood of Awlgrip "failing" under a pad of bedding
compressed to, say 100 PSI ? Chemical attack? Abrasion? Old age?

What's the likelyhood that water will get under the paint if it _did_
fail, by losing adhesion I presume (consider the compressed backing
squashed down at over 100 PSI by the base of your fitting)?

What do you think adheres better to a properly prepared surface, paint
or bedding?

From what I've read, poly GRP is water permeable (eventually; think
blisters), and to provide good service life, it needs to be painted to
exclude water. Do you want to have water "working" on your GRP under a
slightly loose fitting that you don't notice for a couple years (say a
sail track), or do you want to have the Awlgrip get damp under the fitting?

A little nitty-picky perhaps, but then, what exactly did the guy mean by
"paint failure"? Totally protected and under a compressed pad of backing?

Rufus