On 01/30/2019 12:10 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:18:40 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:


Here's a cite:

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...of-plastic.htm

Pity about the last one in that list.

I'm not sure fiberglass is really a plastic. I think it only got listed
because it threatened to sue.

"fiberglass" as in "fiberglass re-enforced plastic" can be polyester,
vinylester, or several; other plastics for the binder - or it can have
epoxy

Aha. I'd not heard of that. I thought it meant straight fiberglass.


GRP, or glass reinforced plastic, would be less confusing but good luck
making that stick. I even get strange looks when I say RTV. (room
temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber).

Fiberglas (one s) was a Owens Corning patent name for glass wool and
became the generic name for glass wool, as in that insulation I
particularly hate. Then it was extended to GRP so a Corvette with
fiberglass body panels isn't pink and fluffy. Usually.