fiberglass & sea salt

anyone know what happens to fibergl*** when exposed to sea salt?
I'm looking at a 32 3 window that made it thru the storm???
What happens to fibergl*** when exposed to sea salt?

 

Nothing, the wiring and every other major component may be m adversely affected by the flood but the body should be just fine once is it dried out and thoroughly cleaned. If you are talking about a hurricane sandy car plan on dismantling it and redoing it, especially if it was trounced by the storm surge.

 

What do they make boats out of? Check the steel bracing if there is any, you should be fine.

 

Yep, that's what boats are made from, and they are made to go in fresh or salt water with no adverse effects. But as the guys mentioned, there are inner structures and other components you should be worried about.

How badly was the body exposed and for how long ? If it is a complete car, the body is the least of your concerns.

Don

 

As said above it wont hurt the fibergl***,,might even make it taste better! HRP

 

My reply from the other recent thread on this topic.

Be careful with the flood cars.

I work for ADESA. They are starting to appear, and many have been "cleaned". If you see them in person, many cannot be cleaned. Some attempt to do it though on the less severe units.

To inspect, you really need to look in tight spaces. A recent OT car that hit one of our auctions was cleaned. We found the salt/rust underneath the drivers seat on the seat track brackets.

Most of them should be crushed. Sadly some will not and people will get burned.

 

They are showing up here in the midwest already. Some have been re***led so as to not show up as having been there.

 

Any flooded cars need to be blown apart and rebuilt,,upholstery & electrical,wiring,,you will have a lot of work to do. HRP

 

I have ran across Midwest flood cars for 20-30 years. (Grew up around body shops an car lots) We see them in wet years after the Missouri, Mississippi and other rivers flood. It is almost impossible to "clean" a car for resale w/o a good eye spotting the telltale signs. Odd corrosion on seat mounts, wiring connections etc. Strange electrical glitches. Lots of tips. Like HRP said above, a flood car should be rebuilt from the ground up just like any total. Most are not.

 

better be cheap enough to cover surprises--body only should be ok

 

sea salt makes almost anything taste better lmao

 

Most fibergl*** is done with polyester resin. Polyester resin can absorb some moisture(hygroscopic). I don't know about any effects from salt, but as a piece of general information, water alone can degrade Polyester resin. Deterioration happens over time when a moisture containing part is exposed to freezing or dramatic temperature changes.