Re: [Cal_Boats] sunbrella (Dave, Mike)

I was a dealer for Sunbrella boat covers made by a company in Ohio. We averaged 10 years on the life of the boat covers that we sold and some made it to 15 years before giving out. But, the manufacturer would try to talk a customer out of buying white covers because the fabric did not have the added UV protection from the dyes that colored the fabric. Other than aesthetics, the blue dyes found in navy and royal blue have the greatest UV resistance and the next most is kelly green, thus their immense popularity as boom covers and roller furling covers. That said, the people who insisted on white Sunbrella still got 6 to 8 years out of their covers before they wore out. I suspect that a cover that is wearing out after only 3 years, Mike, is not really Sunbrella. I never had a customer get that little life from a boat cover that we sold. How you prove that is beyond me, but I hope you can find a way. Real Sunbrella fabric would not be falling apart after only 3 years from my experience. And, by the way, I was a dealer in the heat, sun, and humidity of Houston, TX, so the covers were on 12 months of the year and exposed to lots of UV and humidity. Don Dutton, 1986 Cal 33-2, "Quantum Evolution" From: David Brown <dr… [at] yahoo.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:18:48 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] sunbrella Sunbrella and most other simular materials are UV resistent to a point, If exposed to the sun, pollution, and other elments they will not hold up for ever. I treat my Sunbrella every 2 years with a UV protector. They can be found at most Chandleries. Dave --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Lord Nougat <lord_nougat@ yahoo.com> wrote: