Different Types Of Fiberglass Repair
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This second video outlines the different types of fiberglass repairs needed to prep a surface before Awlgrip painting and applying a non-skid texture. Small holes, larger holes, chips and voids are covered in detail using West System Epoxy. Next video will cover stress cracks.
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This is THE BEST fiberglass repair instruction on the Web!
He quickly explains the "Where", "Why", "What" and "How". His productions have vastly improved from his first videos....this is very well done and very helpful....thanks Boatworks guy!
This guy needs a show on the DISCOVERY CHANNEL!
I have just bought a Mahogany 60,s twin engine cruiser and she has ALL this to do!
I think MANY of us owe this guy a beer each!
I am taking so much notes. I am currently restauring the cutest 1964 fiberglass RV and this is so incredibly helpful.
Not only all the steps, but the additional info about curing, heat, glass fibre... incredibly useful. Thank you so much! Love from Belgium.
I've had problems with permanent markers bleeding through the finished paint surface months after the finished job, even after washing with lacquer thinner and acetone, I only use pencil now and have never had any issues. Having to repaint a Multi- stage pearl white job was a good lesson on not using permanent markers!
Bob Ross of Fiberglass right there!
You're a true craftsman and a pleasure to watch. You have no idea what these videos mean to us DIYers. Many thanks
I love this guy! He presents not only how, but why you do what you do to repair. Very good information and plus it's presented in a logical and understandable way. Thank you for this!
Wow!
You couldn't have said it any better
6:50 You can buy a chopped fiber that is compatible with epoxy. It uses a different bonder: powder and works as well with epoxy as polyester does with the chopped mat you have in this video.
Here's how I compare the two:
Bondo: Not 100% waterproof, relatively low bonding strength to it's substrate, very short working time (1-2 minutes per batch) can only be mixed in small amounts and is more porous than epoxy.
Epoxy w/410 Filler: It's 100% waterproof, very high bonding strength, working time can be up to 30+ minutes with the appropriate hardener allowing much larger batches to be mixed, gives a non-porous finish and is able to be used in lower air temperatures.
Hope this helps!
Absolutely helps. These videos are great and thorough. Thanks
Hi Andy. This video has over 1 million views. Cant wait to see you at work in the new shop and back to the Bertram. You are a Legend 🙌
This is by far the best fiberglass repair video I have ever seen
Andy I watched all your videos, purchased some West Systems 105 Fiberglass repair kit and fixed the halyard cleat and pulley that pulled out of the fiberglass deck of my 1979 Sunfish. Thank you for the instruction and confidence to do it myself.
Great video, it’s very informative and you explain it so well! A small tip for when you have tight rounded edges: at 17 min into the video you can make different sized sanding blocks by winding printing paper tightly in small tubes and tape it with duct tape. Make sure you use enough paper so that it is rigid enough to sand with. You can pre-make different sizes and add them to your tool box! Thanks again!
I hit the jackpot motherload when I found your channel. OMG... Great content. Great teacher.... Thank you...
Great video! I am Patrick Cunningham, NTL Sales MGR for CASS POLYMERS INC, the maker of the ADTECH P-14. We proud of our entire polyester line and we also make all the products that you demonstrated with the epoxy products. Our general purpose epoxy is called PROBUILD. We offer four different hardeners depending on how much working time that you want. Our polyesters are the best on the market, least moisture absorption, easy sanding. Thanks!
Andy, that is just what I need. 😀👍 I bought a Spirit 28 and it needs exactly every kind of fiberglas repair you explain, not many, but still a hole here and a spidercrack there.
Your explanations are very detailed and easy to understand. Thank you 🏅🤗
Great video series! You're giving me tons of confidence (maybe too much), to tackle some soft deck spots on my 22' sailboat!
I'd like to register a complaint, your videos are far to interesting and informative and I've learned too much today. ;-)
Good stuff, I was actually looking for some tips on doing some small repairs on my Hobie 16 hulls and I can't believe all the useful info in your shows. Keep up the good work and thanks!
Thank you sir! Just venturing into the mold making/repair world and you do an excellent presentation! Godspeed!
Thanks for producing this training episode, you the man!
Thanks for your beautiful videos you teach as a lot. Greeting and big big warm thanks to you sire from Morocco the north of africa. I love the way that you present and the way that you try to make everyone understand simply. Thanks again and again
this winter im going to be undertaking a small 14 foot runabout reno and all your advice is really helpful, thanks eh!
Love the detail! In talking with West Systems they promote the wedding cake vs inverse wedding cake style of glass layers. Their book also recommends that and what I saw you do was the inverted cake (smallest first, then next size, until the largest is last). From a shape perspective it makes sense but they said "because if you add one too many pieces you would have to grind into your largest piece which is the strongest"
That is smart, but I think the approach also depends on the shape, position and size of the problem you are fixing.
Your the best man I’m using all my acquired knowledge rebuilding my pilot house back wall and a side rail. A lot of work but satisfying when done.
Your content is seriously amazing.. you're super informative, and you make your videos entertaining to watch. I am astonished at how well these videos are made, and how much great info is in them.
Great video very well presented and awesome handy information, thank you!
Excellent Video. Nice to see there are still people that actually know how to do something. Good job.
This is a voice from the future Andy.
You didn't age at all!
Great job on videos. I’ve picked up a boat for my son so we can do a project together he wanted his own boat an I know nothing about fiberglass. But now I think it’s something we can do. So thanks again from Louisiana. Keep it up buddy.
thank you so much very informative I have been watching clip after clip for an entire day and only this one quenched my thirst for the information great work
Very good videos, like the detailed information. I am restoring a thirty one year old bass boat and you are a big help!
Keep up the good work...
As always a highly detailed, thoroughly explained repair video. As they say, the devil is in the details, and so many other sites tend to leave out what this fellow puts in. Excellent info delivered in a personable easily understood style. Five thumbs up!
you are The Master. (and a great Teacher!)
Explained so well, takes the wystery and aprehensions out or attempting DIY
Very informative, thank you for that. I was about to pay someone to do some minor repairs in my fiberglass but now I think I can do it myself!
@boatworkstoday Thanks - will do. Going down to the boat tomorrow so will take some photos the. Cheers Sebastian
Your information is as important as the epoxy-material itself.
This guy is awesome. Great detail, easy to understand.....my go to guy for info.
Great demonstration. Many thanks for sharing your immense talent.
yes, this guy is excellent. Very professional and clear.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Thank yous for sharing....
Very informative guidelines for the day. And tutorials on what you prefer on different types of damages. Like your painting and filling strokes. Hello tree...
Appreciate your time and effort plus teaching someone that may pass it on one day to there kids or grandkids,or friend
You are the only person I can watch on youtube how to videos that I am with you through the whole thing! Love your videos. Sooo helpful.
Excellent work! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful.....thanks for the vids .much better to watch resin set up then waiting for paint to dry
I love this video so much. THANK YOU.
Very helpful, I am repairing molds used to pour concrete umbrella anchors. Thanks!
Love what you are doing! Keep up the great work!
Thank you,
Video is awsome learned a lot just with this video,
I'll be watching more videos,
Started a boat project, and let me tell you I don't know what the he'll I'm doing,
Watched a lot of videos about boat stringers and transom, boat I got has no transom or stringers,
Transom no problem to measure but I don't know how or what to do with the stringers meaning to measure them, the top part of the bass boat has built in compartments and live Wells, so I don't know how high I put the stringers since I took the top part off,
Sorry I went a Lil crazy,
Thank you for the video
Great vid! Now I feel a lot more confident to repair my boat for the first time! 😁
I would like for you to do a segment on repairing blisters on bottoms.
Great video Andy such as great presentation as always
Thanks @Timulator :-) My reasoning for going with epoxy / paint boils down to time (which directly effects customer cost). Doing these types of repairs in gelcoat adds a significant amount of finishing time. Key word here is REPAIR.. When building something new and being able to use molds for the non-skid and shape, poly resin and gelcoat are much more economical. But when repairing something and blending into existing surfaces not so much; there's a tradeoff between material cost and time.
You're very good on conveying great video my friend keep up the good work we all appreciate you
Thank you for this great video! Very detailed!!!
Thank you for this video. I have to repair several holes in my 1979 high top for my Dodge van where the old vents where.
Excellent presentation, maybe I can take on that hole in my RV now!
it is a masterpiece video about fiberglass repair ever seen... well done!
Great fun presentation most excellent style and extremely informative/helpful. Many thanks well done! From over the pond UK. :)
Nice work .Thanks William
Brilliant mate ! Thanks 👏👏👏
All right, thanks again for all of your help!
You made such a great video! Thank you.
I have used a cut piece of acetate or mylar and cover my filler . Then squeegee all around to outside edges, to really make it flat . Super flat ,smooth and easy sanding .
oh mate it is so good to see a fellow boat builder showing how to do a job the right way. so sick of seeing others stuffing up rebuilds for floor and transom repairs, standard rule of thumb what you take out you put back in, you need to mention they need to take note of how thick the work surface is to how much glass they need to use on the repair.
I agree. Very informative and expertly done. You ought to put on a show on PBS called this old boat. YOur that good!
Your timing as always is just right - need to do just this kind of work on my boat over the next couple of months. Instead of painting could you coat these repairs with flow coat?
Thank you for your videos ! They have helped me alot !
Exactly what I need to know as I need it. Thanks.
Thanks for putting together all these videos. I bought your Ebook as well.
Really enjoy watching your videos. I'm trying to learn how to work with fiberglass on my own project boat and you are a great teacher. Production is clean too. Camera and audio look and sound good. Nice job. Please keep the info coming. Trying to find a rattle between inner and outer liner on a 23' Seacraft. Thinking about cutting an access hole and filling with foam. Have you done a demo on using foam?
Very informative and well presented. I'm finding a lot of useful information in your videos for repairing a 17ft. Fibreglass/gelcoat Boler trailer. Thank you for posting. I have subscribed. Very good job.
Super informative. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome video
You are a great inspiration brother. Appreciate it
High quality instructional video!
Love your vids!
I have to fix some damage on a large truck with fiberglass hood. The hood was smacked with a piece of equipment. Its all intact still, but lots of cracks. I realize you are a pro with marine stuff, but fiberglass work can be applied to so many things...
I have good access to both sides of the hood, so i will taper back both sides and use CSM to do my repairs. I would like your opinion on whether or not to use poly resin or epoxy resin. I already have poly resin on hand, but do you think id have a better repair with epoxy?
I will do final repair on finished side of the hood with body filler, primer, and paint.
Thank you kindly, hope your enjoying your Friday!
Great! Really great videos, I've really enjoyed them.
Great find with this channel!
Great video man,I used to do the same thing on brand new trailer's at glendale, I used work in the finishing dep..you do great work and well explained in the vid's. I needed A refresher been a while and I'm going to start making and you can lol scale canoe's,I also used to own a 28' fiberforme with fly bridge,I needed to fix a few hole's..... thank you for tip's and help I needed
Great informative video. Thank you!
Great videos and extremely informative. I learned more in two of your videos than I did in two weeks searching the internet. Will definitely watch the rest. Got a 32 Ericson sloop that I'm refurbishing. Got some deep deck cracks going into the core and about 4-5 inches long. Just stemming from to the hull. The area of the core seems to have some amount of dry rot. Could you point me to a video that deals with a similar situation?
Thank you so much for all of this information Andy, it's helping me get my 1963 Sears Runabout back to life. Whoever is disliking your videos needs a swift kick in their junk.
@SebastianDeBeer Hmmm. I think you'd still need to have some type of coating over the flow coat for UV protection. Paint would be my first choice, if you would be using a polyester based product for the top coat (gelcoat), then the repairs would need to be done with polyester resin and glass rather than epoxy as shown in the video. I used epoxy only because I knew I was going to be painting. Thanks for the comment!
Yep, this is the one I've been waiting for. Thanks.
i have learned a lot from your videos so... thank you for your explanations. i will have two or three 14 in x 14 in holes in the top of a fiberglass van top to fill in. the top has three vents coming through, only really need 1. so i have been soaking up knowledge on how to fix fiberglass so that i do not mess it up too badly. the only thing i am worried about is the gel coat. getting it smooth enough. will cross that bridge when i get to it. may have to recoat the whole top depending on if the patches can be seen from the ground.
Great videos man. Learning a lot from you. Going to try doing some repairs on my first boat, it really isn't in the prettiest condition right now. May end up just having a pro fix it up for me.
Any way, my question is on "small holes". What you showed was one that doesn't go all the way through. Well there are a couple of screw holes that DO go all the way through and I want to know if you tackle that the same way as you did in your small hole demo.
Nice seeing someone doing it right!!
I am going to try to install a fiberglass bulkhead on my Alden open water scull to beef it up and maybe make it float better. Thank you for the info!
Love watching your channel, I haved learned a lot..I haven'tseen you show how to extend the base of like a fiberglass console. Lucky you asked!! yes, I have a console that I will need to make a foot taller. Not sure how to extend it with fiberglass on it sucurely..
Excellent communicator!
Hi, what a great educational video! I have a question: I want to remove my old inboard saildrive (on a sailboat) when I do it will leave a pretty large hole in the hull right below the boat... how would you go about fiberglassing such a big hole under the boat and structurally assure ? Thank you so much.
Great Video, Andy. I'm New to Boat Repair Channels. Considering Buying a Sailboat, That Hit Some Coral in the Bahamas, and Now Has a Fist Size Hole Punched in the Hull.
16:40 I've Heard You Can Put Poly Over Epoxy, if the Epoxy is Fully Cured. I Heard Poly is Just as Good as Epoxy, and the Only Difference is Poly Will Cure in 24 hours, but Epoxy Takes a Week.
I Don't Know, I've Never Worked with Any of It. I'm Just Making a Conjecture Off Info I've Read, or Listened to.
Like I'm Said, I'm New to You-Tube Boat Maintenance. The Sailboat I'm Looking at Has a Hole, and I'm Trying to Convince Myself, I Can Fix It.
Great Videos...I Believe I Still Have About 30 of Your Videos to Watch. 😁
Love your videos. What would I do if I cut the deck of my Kenner center console to put in a hatch to protect the exposed core? Do have a video for that?
Nice job thanks for all the videos
is in it beautiful when you add some sense of humor to the clip? BEAUTIFUL!!
Thanks for all the great guides! I started to work on my own boat project. Its a small trimaran style bottom. I have some questions floating in my mind.
The old paint job haves a somewhat lots of long cracks in. When I sanded those down to the fiberglass, I found out that there is color difference on the area that the crack go. Iv red that if fiberglass is a bit white, not olivegreen, its gone bad. Will the new paintjob crack also if I paint over it? The fiberglass does feels hard enough tho.
Thanks Louis! I think you just made my day :-)
Your name is now the boat master, your so good at this I now think I can do it..and I'm gonna try
Absolute legend!
Hey Joseph, if the repair spots are below the waterline and not requiring gelcoat then I would just use thickened epoxy. I am doing a blister repair / prevention video now that should be of some help. I'll have that video ready sometime in Sept :-) BTW, surprised the marina does not allow sanding outside; never heard of that. Usually as long as there are tarps on the ground and a curtain hanging down from the hull to contain dust that should be good.. May want to look into that a bit more.