This reply came back to my post on rec.boats:
In article <1991Oct23.172554.5622@cica.indiana.edu>
will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler) writes:
> Does anyone know if the color you paint your fibreglass deck and/or hull
> can affect the rate at which it deteriorates in sunlight? Someone
> with a fibreglass car (a Lotus Europa) I know is trying to decide to
> paint it white, yellow (both his choices) or teal (his wife's choice.
>
> Would teal allow the fibreglass to deteriorate faster than white or
> yellow?
C'mon, Will! It's a Lotus! Anybody knows the mechanicals and trim will
all fall apart long before the 'glass can deterioriate, anyway, so why
worry about it? :-)
Bill
P.S. I once read of a broken car being put on a trailer described as
"assuming the Lotus position".
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