Just a point of interest about UV damage. For the last 2 years I've had a chunk
of blue foam standing on my N.E. facing garage window sill. The side facing the
light now has a surface which is very brittle and crumbly to a depth of about
1/8" - and I thought glass didn't transmit UV all that well!
Regards
Roger Mills
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> Bob,
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> At work, a sub-contractor used white pigment in the epoxy/glass lay up for a
> very large radome mounting ring (3m dia.) for a microwave test site. The
> rig has been completely outdoors for almost 4 years now and shows no sign of
> UV degradation. It also has a blue foam base. The laminate was much
> thicker that our Europas but the environmental exposure was more severe too.
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> Dave Simpson
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