
He mau mea i hui pū ʻia nā kiʻi kālai ʻia o ka fiberglass a me ka resin. He nui ko lākou mau ʻano kūikawā. ʻO ka mea mua, he māmā a ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka fiberglass ma mua o nā mea metala kuʻuna, kahi e maʻalahi ai ka lawe ʻana, ka hoʻokomo ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana i ka wā e hana ai i nā kiʻi kālai nui. ʻAʻole wale ia, ʻo ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka FRP i ka palaho kekahi o kona mau hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi. Hiki iā ia ke pale aku i ka palaho o ka wai, ka oxygen a me nā kemika like ʻole, no laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi i nā ʻano ʻino like ʻole me ka ʻole o ka mālama nui ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana.
Ma waho aʻe o kona kūpaʻa ikaika i ka pala, loaʻa i ka FRP ke kūpaʻa maikaʻi loa i ke aniau a hiki ke pale aku i ka ʻānai ʻana o ka lā, ka makani, ka ua a me nā wahi kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe. ʻAe kēia i nā kiʻi fiberglass e mālama i ko lākou nani a me ke ola lōʻihi no ka manawa lōʻihi i nā wahi ʻoihana o loko a me waho, me ka nānā ʻole i nā kau a me ke aniau. Eia kekahi, he ikaika kiʻekiʻe ka mea fiberglass a he ikaika tensile maikaʻi loa, a hiki ke kū i nā ukana nui, kahi e ʻoi aku ai ka paʻa a me ka paʻa o nā kiʻi hana nui.
He mea maʻalahi loa nā mea fiberglass a hiki ke hoʻopilikino ʻia i ke ʻano, ka nui a me nā kikoʻī e like me nā pono o nā mea hoʻolālā a me nā mea kūʻai aku. Inā he ʻano kiʻi abstract a i ʻole he kumu hoʻohālike mea sima, hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia me nā mea fiberglass. Lawe mai kēia i ke kūʻokoʻa nui i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kiʻi kālai ʻia ma nā ʻāpana ʻoihana, e ʻae ana i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e huki ai i ka maka, kū hoʻokahi a pilikino.
He ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 mau makahiki o ko mākou ʻike i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi kālai ʻia. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā kiʻi kālai ʻia pilikino, nā mea hoʻonaninani kalepa, a i ʻole nā papahana kiʻi lehulehu, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i kāu mau pono.
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hui akamai o nā mea pena kiʻi i loea i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi kālai fiberglass nani loa. Hāʻawi mākou i nā lawelawe maʻamau e hana i nā kiʻi kālai kūikawā e pili ana i kāu mau koi a me nā manaʻo. Inā he kiʻi holoholona a kiʻi paha, hiki iā mākou ke hana iā lākou e like me kāu mau manaʻo hoʻolālā.
Hoʻohana mākou i nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe a me nā ʻano hana hana holomua e hōʻoia i ka paʻa o kā mākou mau kiʻi kālai ʻia a hiki ke kū i ka hoʻāʻo o ka manawa a me nā kumu o ke kaiapuni. Inā paha e waiho ʻia i loko a i waho paha, hiki i kā mākou mau kiʻi kālai ʻia ke mālama i ko lākou helehelena maikaʻi loa.
Ma waho aʻe o nā lawelawe maʻamau, hāʻawi pū mākou i nā ʻano kiʻi fiberglass maʻamau i nā nui like ʻole a me nā kaila e hoʻokō i kāu mau pono. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā hoʻonohonoho kiʻi lehulehu nui a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonaninani liʻiliʻi i loko, hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi ākea o nā koho.
ʻAʻole wale ka waiwai noʻeau o kā mākou mau kiʻi fiberglass akā hiki ke hoʻohui i ka nani kū hoʻokahi i kou wahi. Inā paha ma nā paka, nā kikowaena kūʻai, a i ʻole nā māla pilikino, hiki i kā mākou mau kiʻi ke huki i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe a hana i kahi lewa kū hoʻokahi a poina ʻole.
Inā makemake ʻoe i kā mākou lawelawe a me nā huahana, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iā mākou! E hauʻoli mākou e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻike hou aku a kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i ke kiʻi fiberglass kūpono loa no kāu mau pono.