Fibre-reinforced plastic
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Sep 15, 2026
Dave BrinkmannHOST
Yeah.
TJ GreerHOST
"Can I... your foam buster? Hey, do you have this for custom works?" I said, "I have this for GFRP, but you could take it." He's like...
TJ GreerHOST
I mean, he's over there.
TJ GreerHOST
He's ripping his car apart.
7 MINS LATER
Bobby BooneGUEST
I'm, I really am-
TJ GreerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Bobby BooneGUEST
I, I don't think it's gonna hurt the CustomWorks and the GFRPs in the long run, 'cause I think it's gonna draw people in, and, you know, they do that for a couple years.
Bobby BooneGUEST
They see the fast cars with all the cool carbon fiber, like-
speaker_0HOST
I was like, "Look at the front lip." And he goes, "Yeah." And I go, "That fucker should be gloss black.
speaker_0HOST
Why is that that FRP fucking grayish?" Why would Corvette do that? You have a shiny hood insert that's, um, metallic black and a lot of sparkles in it.
speaker_0HOST
Beautiful.
speaker_0HOST
Then you go down to the front lip, and then you got the wheel arches inside there.
speaker_0HOST
They're all fucking FRP plastic, and apparently they're like $400 the fucking wheel, whatever, and the lip.
speaker_0HOST
I, I don't know, probably, uh, say $1,500 for everything.
speaker_0HOST
I don't know.
speaker_0HOST
Who cares? You're just trying to chip out and gyp your customer.
speaker_4HOST
Unfortunately, yes.
speaker_3HOST
So how do you retrofit a historic brick facade without tearing it down and ruining the architecture? The handbook details the application of FRP fiber reinforced polymers.
speaker_4HOST
Yes, FRP is amazing stuff.
speaker_3HOST
You essentially coat the interior hidden face of the trail with these high-strength carbon or glass polymer sheets.
speaker_4HOST
You glue it right to the back.
speaker_4HOST
Well, actually, a bulletproof vest is designed to stop a projectile from penetrating inward.
speaker_3HOST
Okay, true.
speaker_4HOST
FRP on a URM wall functions more like industrial frank wrap or a high tensile safety net.
FrankieHOST
You know, I'll be the first to admit when I'm having a tough time with something.
FrankieHOST
And right now, I got to tell you, this FRP panel is killing me right now.
FrankieHOST
And like that one's cut pretty close to good.
FrankieHOST
But like when I put it up, I'm having a problem here.
FrankieHOST
And I'm resorting back to that.
FrankieHOST
And so on Amazon, instead of having these slide-in pieces, they have a tape, which I'm also going to seal anyway with adhesive, with caulking.
FrankieHOST
So realistically, instead of fighting with this FRP board...
FrankieHOST
I'm going to bow down and say, you know what? Tomorrow I'm going to come back here with Alex and we're going to cut all this fiberboard.
GregHOST
So something else you said earlier that caught my attention, having come from the chemical industry, is PCC-2.
GregHOST
And especially FRP.
GregHOST
Can you speak a little bit to the design considerations? Because a lot of FRP is not necessarily laid up very homogeneously.
GregHOST
And whether it's chopped mat, woven, roving, or whatever, it can be very non-homogeneous.
GregHOST
And I just wonder how much of a challenge it is to apply... stress engineering or how you calculate stresses and design and stuff like that.
5 MINS LATER
Kelly SchuppGUEST
I don't know where it would fit exactly within PCC2 if these are reliable enough to be added to the standard as, hey, this is an option to be able to be used to inspect these post-installation.
GregHOST
Right.
GregHOST
And I think something you said that's really key, Kelly, and it's how for years and years we really as an industry, as operators and owners of the facilities, I don't think we paid enough attention to the things that are early on, like surface preparation, whether it's a coating or an FRP repair or a coating.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
Obviously, there's some jobs that are engineered for steel, and we still use steel.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
We've got nothing against steel, but just the GFRP, it's been really good.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
We're using predominantly 13 mil through all of our stuff, but It's so easy to work with.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
It's so light.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
So that's the only downside, I suppose.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
You know, with steel, you can just crank whatever you need.
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
But with the GFRP...
Johnny ZambelisGUEST
Just got to be a bit more organized and work out what you need or get some bulk.
Heather AlleyneHOST
Our guest is Bruce Hubb.
Heather AlleyneHOST
And we are going to be talking about FRP flanges and designs for FRP flanges.
Heather AlleyneHOST
We've talked about FRP equipment before.
Heather AlleyneHOST
We have previous episodes about FRP equipment.
Heather AlleyneHOST
We have episodes about dual laminate equipment.
Heather AlleyneHOST
And we're going to really just dive deep on this aspect of FRP equipment today and talk about the flange design.
Heather AlleyneHOST
because it's so critical and it's really one of the weak spots, one of the spots that's such a problem area.
Heather AlleyneHOST
And there's a lot to talk about there, believe it or not.
FrankieHOST
I'm going to put it right on the edging of here and here and the other side, creating a nice tight seal around that base area when you push it in and close it.
FrankieHOST
So we won't have to worry about moisture getting in there as well as cutting ourselves on the the FRP or the fiberglass board so I'm gonna finish that up today and all the caulking should be done and then we just have to place tomorrow I'm gonna place in I guess I can't say tomorrow.
FrankieHOST
Sunday, I'm going to place in the drain and that drain will finish up this area and we can actually test it and take a quick shower in it maybe just to make sure that it's all working right and that all the water is going into the areas that we want it to and not into our space.
FrankieHOST
So tell me what I should do here, guys.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Forest River, for example, describes laminated RV assemblies containing fiberglass, luan, block foam, aluminum framing, and interior panels.
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Henkel's RV Construction Guide shows a similar layered wall system using decorative interior panels, luan, foam, framing, and exterior FRP.
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Forest River Construction Brochure Henkel RV Applications Guide That construction creates two special problems.
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Water can travel laterally inside a roof, wall, or floor panel, far beyond the visible stain.