FRP is the preferred material choice for modern sculptures, but why different FRP sculptures have different service lives? What are the main factors affecting the service life of FRP sculpture? Here we listed some aspects for your reference.

The styling of the FRP sculpture

If the styling of FRP sculpture is too complex with many exquisite details, the preservation time of FRP sculpture will be affected to some extent, and its service life will be short. The complicated parts may suffer the natural corrosion or human’s damage more to some extent.

The quality of finished FRP sculpture

On the basis of the finished product, additional processing and improvement may attached according to client’s requirements.  If the surface process is not careful enough, the may has protruding or sinking, sand holes, unfinished spots, thus reducing the service life of FRP sculptures. Therefore, it is very important to choose a professional manufacturer with more production experience, which will provide better quality control for details, and thus provide sculpture with longer service life.

Insufficient daily maintenance

  The service life of outdoor sculpture is far lower than that of indoor one. Placing FRP sculpture directly in sun or exposed to natural may cause fading after five or six years. The rain may enter the FRP sculpture, destroy its internal structure and so on, which will affect the service life of FRP sculpture for sure than indoors. For exposed sculptures, there are more risks for human damage to some extent. So workers usually build noting board around for warning.

The above-mentioned aspects are the factors affecting the service life of FRP sculptures. Only by choosing professional manufacturers, conducting professional control in the production process, and mastering the basic maintenance skills, we can have  FRP sculpture with longer service life.