I just happened to be at rubbish tip/dump at the weekend (after helping a mate move) and I found a roll of glass (matt not woven cloth unfortunately) approx. 4’ wide with probably 200 metres/yards on the roll. I was really stoked because I make up my solid colour fin blanks from muliple layers of glassmatt.
Question, what would be wrong with the glass? it’s not wet or damaged nor discoloured. The two local Fibreglass factiories said they had not dumped it. Apart from a few bits of grass and sticks stuck to the outside layer it looks perfect, so why would it have been disposed of? Probably stolen? no longer needed? it weighs about 50lbs, and more than I’ll ever use in a lifetime. Any suggestion anyone? I was not breaking any laws by taking it because the dump is unattended.
Both times, when I stopped repairing sailboats in '73 and when I quit making fairings for Yamaha and Kawasaki I threw away bolts of fiberglass cloth. Didn’t need them anymore, didn’t have room to store it, and customer paid for it anyways.
It’s probably laced with asbestos and is radioactive…If I was you, I’d go and take it back now before it’s to late… where is the exact location you found it?
Typically fiberglass is thrown away because it is contaminated. Examples are chemicals other that of resins or epoxy. That contamination would reduce the adherence of the resins. The other reason for tossing the glass is that it is dirty. Dirty glass does not look good on nice white blanks. If the glass works for you great. Being that it is mat (cheap glass, cost wise) The user probably had no longer a use for it. I would not use it on anything were safety is concerned like a boat, jetski etc.
