Tips Revealed! - Fiberglassing a Boat Hull S3-E15
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- Great tips for fiberglassing a boat hull. In building "Victoria", the 9' tender for "Arabella", boat builder Bob Emser shows the proper way to add fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to the boat hull. Several tips are revealed from making perfect epoxy fillets, adding micro-balloon fairing filler, final sanding too priming with 2 part epoxy primer.
Why one layer of fiberglass cloth? One of the goals of building the tender is that Steve Denette requested the boat be as light and strong as possible. He is fully aware that those two requests will be a balancing act to dial in the correct proportions. The answer came quite easily when we discussed Victorias construction with John Harris, owner of Chesapeake Light Craft. The full discussion can be viewed on A2A video “LIVE from 2022 The WoodenBoat Show”
One question I posed to John was other stronger fabrics like such as Dynel and Xynole both are much higher in abrasion resistance. Unfortunately they also require a lot more resin to wet out, as much as three times more than glass cloth. Because of the large weigh difference John’s recommendation was a single layer of glass cloth on the outside and inside of the hull. The combination of inside and outside will give the best weight to strength ratio.
“When such a resin (epoxy) is reinforced with glass fibers the resulting composite can have a tensile strength between 45,000-50,000 psi. It also becomes extremely resistant to impact damage. This high strength for the relative low weight is the fundamental reason that fiberglass composites are popular.”
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Bob Emser is literally the Bob Ross of boat building. Calm demeanor, knowledgeable, and charitable with passing his knowledge on. Great work Bob, I'm looking forward to when Victoria gets to settle into her home on Arabella!
Thank you Sam! I appreciate your kind thoughts.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
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The Bob Ross of boat building ... that totally fits this channel! Happy planks, smooth calm paint, lovely lines, and just plain beautiful.
Steve is going to have one fine tender. Your attention to detail and his match up quite nicely.
Beautiful work like always, Bob! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Turning out beautifully, Bob!
Super excited to see the progress! Thank You!
Once again, simply awesome. A pleasure to watch you and learn.
Superb, careful boatbuilding. Beautiful hull. I look forward to every episode. So glad you were tasked with this for Arabella's tender!
Terrific job Bob.
I love watching you work!
She is getting more and more beautiful with each video and so much work goes into the preparation of each step, it's going to be a really special moment when Victoria is united with Arabella.
Thanks Bob for all the tips on fiberglassing! We are about at the same stage with our strip hull kayak so the timing is perfect. I really appreciate your instruction and channel!
So fun to see this getting done.
Thank you for posting it made my day.
Hello,Bob! As always perfect! I wish you all the best!
I love to watch someone that has a passion for what they do. Thanks for sharing.
Such beautiful workmanship and attention to detail Bob. Victoria is going to be quite the little boat!
Excellent tips and tricks! Victoria is coming along beautifully!
Thank you Bob for an outstanding episode. Victoria is looking fantastic. Looking forward to seeing her color go on and what you do with the tiller and rudder. Have a great week ahead.
What an artist and teacher you are. Its an outstanding project and, perhaps more significant than your skills, is your generosity in providing this beautiful gift to Steve and the A2A project.
Beautiful boat, beautifully done video. Your work is impeccable. Thanks, Bob!
Very nice! I can hardly wait for the next episode.
Absolutely beautiful work Bob. You aren’t just building a boat, you’re building a piece of history.
That little boat is looking grand Bob.
Good work as always.🙂
Brilliant episode yet again
Excellent video, the fibre glassing, you made it look so easy. The tender is moving at a good pace and I sure Steve will be delighted when its finished.
Amazing job always fun to watch
Great work Bob! She really looks good.
Bob thank you for this great episode.
Extremely excellent videos. You give sufficient information of each step to convey the techniques used and reasons for using them, as well as mentioning alternatives. You don't bore us with hours and hours of sanding that is basically the same for the duration. Love your channel. 👍👍👍👍
Nice work Mr. Emser. Sorry about my patience missing your airing of episode 15 last weekend. It was worth the wait. Great job 👍
I love your methodology! I don't seem to be able to duplicate it, but I love it! Craftsmanship at its highest level! Goodonyas!
What a great episode. Much accomplished and very satisfying to watch.
Your work is art. I admire your attention to detail. Watching many of your videos, I had the opportunity to gain knowledge helpful in renovating my old wooden yacht. Thank you and best regards.
Absolutely lovely. I look forward to seeing her float. Great instructional video about using epoxy. Thanks.
Simply amazing!
Amazing quality work as always, that is beautiful too. It is great to see your careful attention to detail, whilst maintaining a decent work rate.
All the best from the U.K.
She looks great! This is definitely going to come in handy when I start refurbishing my little 8 ft fiberglass dinghy that was probably made in the 50s or 60s and had been sitting in a neighbor's yard for decades and in my yard for the past few years.
Thank You For Making.... Our Pleasure... No Doubt!!!
Neat! Hadn't come across this filling method before!
Looking so good! 😍
Nice sharing rebuilt boat fibreglass ❤
Excellent solution. Very classy and functional.
Awesome work.
Victoria is taking shape. It is BEAUTIFUL.
It's good to see master's at work great job guys
Looking better and better!
Thank you for another enjoyable and enlightening video!
Outstanding Bob. Looking forward to the tiller challenge. I sense some bronze casting might be coming up. Thanks
Hi Rick, Indeed already have some castings in the works.
I’m looking forward to the tiller challenge.
beautiful work
Fascinating!
She is coming right along and looking great.
Another great episode sir
Excellent video👍
Well done
Can’t wait to see her finished.
Great work
Echo the tip on laying the fiberglass down dry. I made a go at placing mine wet. Sticky mess. Bubbles, creases, etc...Thanks Bob!
Way to go! Looks great.
Great video and tips. Thank you for that.
Just lovely.
Just amazing!
장인정신이네요.
very nice video
I have been following Arabella now for years. IThis is the first one of your pieces of that puzzle I have seen though. What a terrific job on all of it,. GREAT filming/ editing too!
Perfectionist at work!
Waiting for Sunday Lunch; perfect! Always good for the soul if not for the appetite!....rr Normandy, Fra.
Great Video !
Perfection. You never make mistakes.👏👏
Hi John,
I wish that was true. I just try to do my best.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
Dog gone it Bob that is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your observations i was wondering about the second and third coats !!!!!!!😀
Looks great.
Brilliant.👍
very nice work
American workmanship at its finest!
Awesome love the videos as always
Bob Emser thank you for the calming tutorial and guide. Watching from Marudi Sarawak. Where Baram Reggata of Sarawak boat peddler tournament were held since 1800
You stay so clean.
That was an extra good episode. Lots of solid content.
Thanks
Perfection!
Bon et beau travail !!! Bravo !!!
Looking good Bob. My brother who was a professional painter told me to store your paint cans upside down, especially a few days or weeks before use. This way the solids end up on the lid, half mix themselves when you right the can, and don't have to be dredged off the bottom of the can in order to mix.
Beautiful
She's really starting to look like a boat, Bob! Great stuff
Teachers are born, not made. Bob, you're a natural born teacher! Thanks!
Parabéns pelo capricho
I love what you do.
Beautiful work, Bob.
Fantastic work, Bob! 😃
I should confess, I like wooden boats with the wood visible... But it's looking sweet with the primer!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Fiberglass Cloth - YES this is the way to do it... You are spot on with using a roller to apply epoxy to and through the cloth. Pouring on and spreading with a scraper is NOT a good way, using a roller is by far the best way.
I am already learning some new technique from this video.
Gracias por dejar ver su trabajo.Esta quedando hermoso.bendiciones.
un placer, gracias por ver
Hi Bob! I look forward to seeing you, thanks for sharing Victoria build. Mitch😊
Good video
Nice!
I'm looking forward to learning what manner of beast an 'out whale' is ;)
Also seeing the inside will be exciting for me. It's such a beautiful shape.
The wonders of boat building seem deep and bountiful, I love it!
The gunwales (pronounced gunnel) of a boat are reinforcing strips of wood that run on the inside and outside of the top of the boat to give it strength and rigidity. Otherwise the side of the boat would flex too much. The outwale is the outside gunwale.
@@dilboat Thank you kindly, well explained. So not even related to the whale then :)
One of the wonders of naval heritage would definitely be the wordage (etymology).
Been contemplating trying my hand at this for the past few years, drew up a boat in cad and everything, wich i lost when the harddrive died.. Lost all ambition of doing it along with that too i thought, but this here video was apparently all i needed to start drawing it up again :D
Early coffee. I'm thrilled.
Fastidious in such a good way! Excellent episode
Wow I’m learning well from you sir 👍thanks for teaching so well 🤗 regards Bobbyash
This will be the finest tender any cruiser has had.
Thank you for sharing tips on fiberglassing. I was initially quite concern seeing how hard I thought you were sanding down after the third coat. I guess it does no harm to the fiberglass at all.
While watching the last moments of Bob painting the hull, I see a small speck on the hull..... it took me a moment to realise that there was a speck on my screen.... but then since we know Bob is some kind of a pefectionist, this was the only thing that could have been the reason that I saw a speck in the first place. Beautyful work from Bob again.
Me too!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Victoria is looking really nice. 😀👍