Ya know one of the nicest things about this new shop is the fact that Esther spends so much time out there with you now. We saw a little bit of her in the temp shop while this one was being built but we rarely saw her in the old shop. Now she has become a big part of this channel with her commentary and being the camera person.
You’re doing fine. Fiberglass is easy. Just remember the resin is just glue . It isn’t structural. If the resin goes too thick, it can break. Just fill the weave. Looks great! I spent thirty years building and repairing boats in Maine. Loved to build with glass!
Wow the new sewing machine is so cool. i started sewing my own upholstery after watching you. my sewing machine it the same # as your old one. i watched you tube videos to make a new seat cover for my 66 F-100 and it turned out great.
When I saw you first spreading that resin without gloves I said, oh boy, he's going to find out that resin sticks to EVERYTHING no matter how careful you are.
Nice work on the tonneau cover. The a/c plumbing looks good. Can't tell your just a little excited about the new sewing machine...🤣🤣🤣 Look forward to more. Be safe and stay well.
for future use...put some baby powder on your skin and a long sleeve shirt with your sleeves taped...saves lots of itching when you do the grinding..even if its only a little. and a small fan to blow the dust away from you.....great video
Brent making a Fiberglass top is not easy. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Great video. Esther was rooting you on as well! Love it. 💕💯👊👍
So with your hub cap plan. If you 3D print at the expected size, get everything to fit as you want, then scale it up by about 6% and print it again for your casting pattern, that should be about right to compensate for the shrinkage of the aluminium as it cools. Love the idea of making car parts out of beer cans generally! One of mine has them as UJ cap shims :D
A six inch roller to apply, finish with the roller that you used to lay flat. The white plastic roller is called a bubble roller, it allows you to remove air bubbles and raised areas. The tape will leave the resin sticky when you remove it, the adhesive causes it.
Wow! Thats a lot of stuff. Rolls of foam and a big roll of fiberglass mat. Im sure it wasnt cheap. Glassing the tonneau, like paper maché. Need to build foam from bottom up, to make it poofy,build the thickness first,thiner layer of foam like the top coat. Hope your vision comes to fruition👍
On your overlap , torn edges blend in way better than cut edges and are also stronger. A straight line can become a weak spot, a flexability tension point . Like when doing concrete you put a line in it so that if it cracks it will crack in a straight line at that point
For a guy who hasn't had much experience with fiberglass, you certainly jumped in with both feet! I worked in a body shop for tractor trailers and got to where fiberglass didn't make me itch at all, and I really love the smell of polyester resin. I'm sure you'll get plenty of free advice on how to do it, but you did really good in my opinion.
I give him credit... for never having done fibreglassing it was surely baptism by fire. Polyester resin sucks... especially if using a chopped matting. Epoxy with a woven cloth would have been a better way to go in this case, and more forgiving. Not to mention I'm sure that was a waxed resin which unless you sand off the wax layer after it's cured, it will not stick to itself. Epoxy will stick to itself.
Awesome sewing machine, been learning to use my wife's industrial machine lately. Repaired and made a couple of motorcycle seat covers. Should be fun next winter when it's to cold out in the shop to do a few projects. Truck is looking great
You're doing a fine job with that fiberglass Brent! As you know bodywork takes time, lots of time. I've been doing it all my life and I'm impressed with your work here. Listen to this story years ago early 90's I had to fix a 72 Stingray Vette that fell off a lift. It was in a 100 pieces. Like putting a puzzle back together. Long tedious job I still have nightmares about it, but in the end she looked brand new. 😉✌
I use to make hiway tankers here in alberta canada longest tank we ever built was 53 footer. Each piece of material was 4 feet wide by 53 feet long. I think k over a 100 pieces went I to building the tank layer after layer with a 12 over lap. It was an inside cylinder
As part of a Auto Body course I took (mid 70s), upholstery was one of the classes where I stitched blue Dimond inlays with white Naugahyde to the door and rear seat side panels, front and rear seats, headliner) of my 72 Dart Swinger, including two pillows (blue and green). ;-)
Hi Brent. There is a product called talc. You mix it with resin and it takes the consistency of bondo. In raw form, it really does look like "talc powder" or a fine flower. It allows you to fill imperfections and then SAND IT!
Brent, just in case you missed my comment on the last video have a look at "lost PLA casting". You could print the bullet center caps and the prints become the mould. As you pour the casting, the print just burns away with the molten metal replacing the print. No cope and drag, just print the pouring basin, riser, gate etc as part of it (or separately and glue it to the cap) and bury it in the sand and pack it.
I like to apply polyester material from the fabric store and stretch it over the edges. apply the resin to the fabric, then when its dry you have a solid base for the mat to have more support. The way you did it will work. It just tends to use more resin than necessary. You're fine!
The interior will be fun . I want to do my 47 Buick. Bought and old industrial machine. I think it needs a tune up. But you are going to give me ideas!😊
Great job !! Thank you for sharing !! I definitely misunderstood. I was under the impression you were building the bed cover up with all glass and then painting it. But this old man has his day. Please be careful with the glass and God bless you and Esther !!!! Eddy
Brent you could add a couple of pieces of metal between the bed and your bars for the top to slide against.That would take any side way motion out of your top
Hi, if you put your catalized resin in a roller pan, think wider and lower the resin will stay workable longer. If you use a roller you can get it on the project so much faster, and that is the objective.
Use the roller, it presses the resin into the glass sheet. Particularly on the underside; that will push the resined sheet onto the top layer better than just brushing it on.
Gloves and copius amounts of Acetone are a prerequisite when fibreglasing , i did say this at the end of your last video, i have a grp boat and i too learned the hard/ sticky way too!
FYI, with the foam, use spay glue for it to stick to the surface you're sticking it to. I believe that it's the same glue that you use for the vinyl. God bless.
those ac fittings are called a/n fitting army navy,,been around since ww2 the same fiitings they used on fighter planes still used today a lot at the truck places
Brett back when I was a young man I had a 56 Ford pickup street rod it was seafoam green with a dark green vinyl top in a green vinyl cover it was a real eye-catcher
You always astonish me on your way to solve your problems ! Again this GMC Pickup is unique and will be a show piece ! And now you're going to do the interior, man I can't wait ! I saw some of your work before and know that you can sew pretty dam good ! Thanks for your videos, great contente / music🙏
I've worked on fibreglass car repairs before. The strongest way to apply it is to do it in smaller patches and overlap each piece as you go. It also takes the shape better and no bunching up. As you apply the matting you can dab it into the crevasses with your brush. The matting gets more supple as it soaks up the resin and will stay in place.
If there's a next time cut the matt into strips, place on a board and wet it out then put in place and keep going. don't try to get it around the edges. For the edges bias cut strips of glass cloth and they will wrap around. I think you'll have fun with foam. The original Weymann bodies used wadding covered with a fitted calico and any lumps in the wadding could be moved with a long needle. then your vinyl goes on. Oh yes, and GRP like that is unlikely to be fully waterproof. I hope that helps.
Hello Brent & Ester: Kudos to you and your first " Large Area" fiberglass application. It looks good. Unless you have worked with the product it is very difficult to explain the issues. The matting or cloth lays nicely before resin application, then once properly wetted does not cooperate nicely. Having it roll over a corner and bond well to opposite side without sagging is a frustrating experience. You seemed to handel it well. The positive is that it can be done in layers which in most cases increases the strength of the final product. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. Wearing an appropriate fume mask would not be a bad idea. Uncomfortable yes, but benefit worth the short term discomfort. Keep the videos coming.
should probably wear a mask and gloves when working with fibre-anything 👍. I love this channel, the creativity and "just being a real person" is very satisfying and fun to watch. Again, the music you guys use is very good. Thanks!
Well looks like your a kid with a new toy when need to cut the foam find a electric carving knife dont tell ester you borrod it 😊 it will give you a better edge to line up 😉 ✌👍
Excellent video Brent :) , Ester :) , I never work with Fibreglass on vechiles with it and heard task to use with and boats more use it ! A friend of mine did lots for years too !
What a sweet sewing machine! I've never been interested in sewing but that thing! makes me wanna start lol. I don't envy guys who do fiberglass either its one nasty kind of Job as far as I'm concerned. Your getting there though. Brent. See ya on the next one.
You probably should have watched some of the boat repair channel videos before starting this to learn the different materials and steps for fiberglass work. For instance, since you generally need the absence of air for the base resin to cure, you usually need either a waxed resin that seals itself applied to the mat, or a gelcoat afterwards to seal the resin for the resin to harden fully - you have mentioned neither. I would certainly see if the work you have done needs to be gel coated before going any further.
Looks pretty good to me! Me and a buddy made a fiberglass hood for a kit car. Smaller peices seem to make it easier to lay out. That roller you have is to spread out the epoxy so it goes a little further. Another trick is to use toilet paper to absorb the resin up. The strength comes from the glass not the epoxy. If you have any low spots just fill in with another layer of glass. I don't think it'll be really necessary because of the foam over the top. Mike
Brent you should wear a mask when doing that fiberglass. Especially when sanding. Sorry I was a healthcare worker.
Agreed, thx.
yeah Brent you don't want to get lung cancer and something on your arms to keep the fiber glass from getting in your skin
@@buddysworldofviewbarrier cream.
Agreed.
Ya know one of the nicest things about this new shop is the fact that Esther spends so much time out there with you now. We saw a little bit of her in the temp shop while this one was being built but we rarely saw her in the old shop. Now she has become a big part of this channel with her commentary and being the camera person.
I like how you are unafraid to venture into something that you are unfamiliar with! You almost always get a good result!
I’m itching just watching you work with that fiberglass.
Just nice to see brent enjoying working on the truck , he,s in
his comfort zone
You’re doing fine. Fiberglass is easy. Just remember the resin is just glue . It isn’t structural. If the resin goes too thick, it can break. Just fill the weave. Looks great! I spent thirty years building and repairing boats in Maine. Loved to build with glass!
Wow the new sewing machine is so cool. i started sewing my own upholstery after watching you. my sewing machine it the same # as your old one.
i watched you tube videos to make a new seat cover for my 66 F-100 and it turned out great.
You will figure it all out Brent. Love your wife being so encouraging and positive. Love that little pickup sitting there to.
Brent watching you do fiberglass was so cool hey. Good learning experience. Thanks for sharing and take care.
bondo and polyester resin will bond together well. Nice job!
When I saw you first spreading that resin without gloves I said, oh boy, he's going to find out that resin sticks to EVERYTHING no matter how careful you are.
Wait til he tries cleaning his hands
As a young boy I helped my uncle fiberglass the deck of his boat... without gloves. It took a week to get it all off my hands
Brent the spot that dipped in you can spray foam shape put a thin coat of filler over then glass to make it the shape you want.
Nice work on the tonneau cover. The a/c plumbing looks good. Can't tell your just a little excited about the new sewing machine...🤣🤣🤣 Look forward to more. Be safe and stay well.
I smiled when you started cutting smaller pieces. That’s exactly what I ended up doing. lol. Nice job!
Foam can be shaped with a grinder, just be very gentle when doing it.
It will turn out nice you always do good work
Love watching your videos. The work you do is really amazing. Can't wait to see the finished product.
The black cylinder is called the receiver dryer. Has a sight glass at the top so you can see the amount of freon. You can see that your freon is low.😊
You make me itch - sanding that fiberglass! Memories of my time building fiberglass pontoons in high school! a long time ago.
for future use...put some baby powder on your skin and a long sleeve shirt with your sleeves taped...saves lots of itching when you do the grinding..even if its only a little. and a small fan to blow the dust away from you.....great video
That is one cool sewing machine. I Think the fiberglass will stop some of the side wiggle too. Good video.
Great video. Awesome sewing machine, I'm envious. Yay Buddy!! ❤️ You too Pablo.
Progress Mr. Brent. Glad that your sewing machine works great. You are awesome to watch. Thanks for the video Brent
Brent making a Fiberglass top is not easy. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Great video. Esther was rooting you on as well! Love it. 💕💯👊👍
Wow that's quite the sowing machine.Yes sir a lot of glass you can dowit well done sir Brent things are happening
That sewing machine is really nice that’s a big cost savings tool
So with your hub cap plan. If you 3D print at the expected size, get everything to fit as you want, then scale it up by about 6% and print it again for your casting pattern, that should be about right to compensate for the shrinkage of the aluminium as it cools. Love the idea of making car parts out of beer cans generally! One of mine has them as UJ cap shims :D
A six inch roller to apply, finish with the roller that you used to lay flat. The white plastic roller is called a bubble roller, it allows you to remove air bubbles and raised areas. The tape will leave the resin sticky when you remove it, the adhesive causes it.
Sounds likenyou know your glass works
Wow! Thats a lot of stuff. Rolls of foam and a big roll of fiberglass mat. Im sure it wasnt cheap.
Glassing the tonneau, like paper maché.
Need to build foam from bottom up, to make it poofy,build the thickness first,thiner layer of foam like the top coat. Hope your vision comes to fruition👍
Damn…you got me pumped up to see more of the sewing machine.
On your overlap , torn edges blend in way better than cut edges and are also stronger. A straight line can become a weak spot, a flexability tension point . Like when doing concrete you put a line in it so that if it cracks it will crack in a straight line at that point
Great purchase of the Juki. Awesome piece of equipment, your sewing will be so much easier and straight!
For a guy who hasn't had much experience with fiberglass, you certainly jumped in with both feet! I worked in a body shop for tractor trailers and got to where fiberglass didn't make me itch at all, and I really love the smell of polyester resin. I'm sure you'll get plenty of free advice on how to do it, but you did really good in my opinion.
I give him credit... for never having done fibreglassing it was surely baptism by fire. Polyester resin sucks... especially if using a chopped matting. Epoxy with a woven cloth would have been a better way to go in this case, and more forgiving. Not to mention I'm sure that was a waxed resin which unless you sand off the wax layer after it's cured, it will not stick to itself. Epoxy will stick to itself.
Awesome sewing machine, been learning to use my wife's industrial machine lately. Repaired and made a couple of motorcycle seat covers. Should be fun next winter when it's to cold out in the shop to do a few projects. Truck is looking great
I love Esters commentary, she knows her stuff. Man, that dog loves you !! ❤
You're doing a fine job with that fiberglass Brent! As you know bodywork takes time, lots of time. I've been doing it all my life and I'm impressed with your work here. Listen to this story years ago early 90's I had to fix a 72 Stingray Vette that fell off a lift. It was in a 100 pieces. Like putting a puzzle back together. Long tedious job I still have nightmares about it, but in the end she looked brand new. 😉✌
Largest piece of fiberglass I've ever seen someone do👍💪
I use to make hiway tankers here in alberta canada longest tank we ever built was 53 footer. Each piece of material was 4 feet wide by 53 feet long. I think k over a 100 pieces went I to building the tank layer after layer with a 12 over lap. It was an inside cylinder
Love love love this truck! You should google what glass shards do to your lungs.
The fiberglass looks great from here. I think this is going along really well, and look forward to the next post. Hi Ester. Be well.
LOVE ALL THE GREAT VIDEOS, DOING A GREAT JOB,BRENT, KEEP THEM COMING AND FROM ALL OF US IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SEE YA ON THE NEXT ONE
As part of a Auto Body course I took (mid 70s), upholstery was one of the classes where I stitched blue Dimond inlays with white Naugahyde to the door and rear seat side panels, front and rear seats, headliner) of my 72 Dart Swinger, including two pillows (blue and green). ;-)
That sewing machine is pretty awesome! Makes me miss my old industrial Singer machine.
I have my old Singer 29-4 Industrial Treadle Sewing Machine. Great machines. Unfortunately I am having to sell it.😢
i have worked with fiberglass and i always liked to glue the mat in place with 3m 77 spray glue it holds everything in place until the resin dries.
You should have 2 or 3 sheets of fiberglass for strength looking good
Hi Brent. There is a product called talc. You mix it with resin and it takes the consistency of bondo. In raw form, it really does look like "talc powder" or a fine flower. It allows you to fill imperfections and then SAND IT!
Brent, just in case you missed my comment on the last video have a look at "lost PLA casting". You could print the bullet center caps and the prints become the mould. As you pour the casting, the print just burns away with the molten metal replacing the print. No cope and drag, just print the pouring basin, riser, gate etc as part of it (or separately and glue it to the cap) and bury it in the sand and pack it.
A needle and cobblers thread ,wrap the mat and sew around the piping to hold it while drying.
I like to apply polyester material from the fabric store and stretch it over the edges. apply the resin to the fabric, then when its dry you have a solid base for the mat to have more support. The way you did it will work. It just tends to use more resin than necessary. You're fine!
Another great show
After scraping your floor, if you hit it with a little acetone, it should clean right up.
The interior will be fun . I want to do my 47 Buick. Bought and old industrial machine. I think it needs a tune up. But you are going to give me ideas!😊
Great job !! Thank you for sharing !! I definitely misunderstood. I was under the impression you were building the bed cover up with all glass and then painting it. But this old man has his day. Please be careful with the glass and God bless you and Esther !!!! Eddy
Locked in. That fiberglass is going anywhere. Excellent base for a paded top 👌
Awesome sewing machine
As a man that does sewing. THAT machine rocks
Brent you could add a couple of pieces of metal between the bed and your bars for the top to slide against.That would take any side way motion out of your top
Hey Brent
Another amasing video.
A good laugh is always the way forwed😄
Coming along! Glad Buddy is there . Nice job Brent.😊
Hi, if you put your catalized resin in a roller pan, think wider and lower the resin will stay workable longer. If you use a roller you can get it on the project so much faster, and that is the objective.
Hey the bed cover is turning out great. That should be nice and solid when it’s all glassed in on both sides
I don't even sew much (i.e. it's been a couple of decades?), and I want one now. That machine is cool.
Use the roller, it presses the resin into the glass sheet. Particularly on the underside; that will push the resined sheet onto the top layer better than just brushing it on.
Gloves and copius amounts of Acetone are a prerequisite when fibreglasing , i did say this at the end of your last video, i have a grp boat and i too learned the hard/ sticky way too!
FYI, with the foam, use spay glue for it to stick to the surface you're sticking it to. I believe that it's the same glue that you use for the vinyl. God bless.
those ac fittings are called a/n fitting army navy,,been around since ww2 the same fiitings they used on fighter planes
still used today a lot at the truck places
You sure did turn out some nice looking interiors. New machine very nice. looking to see how nice it comes out .Thanks for sharing
Brett back when I was a young man I had a 56 Ford pickup street rod it was seafoam green with a dark green vinyl top in a green vinyl cover it was a real eye-catcher
😊 I have learned so much from You Brent, Thanks for sharing your experience.
That Matt Foley print is rad!
Now this old dog is going to learn how to sew interior for cars ❤❤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻mint
You always astonish me on your way to solve your problems ! Again this GMC Pickup is unique and will be a show piece ! And now you're going to do the interior, man I can't wait ! I saw some of your work before and know that you can sew pretty dam good ! Thanks for your videos, great contente / music🙏
Awesome as Always That was so cool Thankyou
I have watched every episode
Hook of the week got me hooked
I continue to wait and watch all content you produce thanks the patience as a teacher
Great progress Brent. Anxious to see the next program. Looking good 👍
Keep em coming ,great video,thanks!😊
Make sure to use a good adhesive. I suggest Weldwood Landau top adhesive. Very few things in a spray can will work well witth vinyl.
I've worked on fibreglass car repairs before. The strongest way to apply it is to do it in smaller patches and overlap each piece as you go. It also takes the shape better and no bunching up. As you apply the matting you can dab it into the crevasses with your brush. The matting gets more supple as it soaks up the resin and will stay in place.
Sweet machine!!!!!!!!
Brent, maybe you could use snaps on the underside of the tonneau cover to attach the vinyl??
looks like a great ac system as long as your direction of flow is correct😃
Getting closer every day!!
Very interesting to watch.👍👍
If there's a next time cut the matt into strips, place on a board and wet it out then put in place and keep going. don't try to get it around the edges. For the edges bias cut strips of glass cloth and they will wrap around. I think you'll have fun with foam. The original Weymann bodies used wadding covered with a fitted calico and any lumps in the wadding could be moved with a long needle. then your vinyl goes on. Oh yes, and GRP like that is unlikely to be fully waterproof. I hope that helps.
Hello Brent & Ester: Kudos to you and your first " Large Area" fiberglass application. It looks good. Unless you have worked with the product it is very difficult to explain the issues. The matting or cloth lays nicely before resin application, then once properly wetted does not cooperate nicely. Having it roll over a corner and bond well to opposite side without sagging is a frustrating experience. You seemed to handel it well. The positive is that it can be done in layers which in most cases increases the strength of the final product. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. Wearing an appropriate fume mask would not be a bad idea. Uncomfortable yes, but benefit worth the short term discomfort. Keep the videos coming.
should probably wear a mask and gloves when working with fibre-anything 👍. I love this channel, the creativity and "just being a real person" is very satisfying and fun to watch. Again, the music you guys use is very good. Thanks!
Nicely done Brent getting interesting
Well looks like your a kid with a new toy when need to cut the foam find a electric carving knife dont tell ester you borrod it 😊 it will give you a better edge to line up 😉 ✌👍
Nice one Brent, I have used fiberglass to stiffen up the corrugated plastic for a similar use.
Hi My Dear Friend Very Very Great Job ❤❤❤❤❤
Badass machine Brent. Make your work slightly easier.
Excellent video Brent :) , Ester :) , I never work with Fibreglass on vechiles with it and heard task to use with and boats more use it ! A friend of mine did lots for years too !
What a sweet sewing machine! I've never been interested in sewing but that thing! makes me wanna start lol. I don't envy guys who do fiberglass either its one nasty kind of Job as far as I'm concerned. Your getting there though. Brent. See ya on the next one.
Astounding!
It is going to be so nice Brent. Thanks for sharing.
Fiberglass work is painful💚🇬🇧🌱 well done for keeping at it, at least it's over now🫶
You probably should have watched some of the boat repair channel videos before starting this to learn the different materials and steps for fiberglass work. For instance, since you generally need the absence of air for the base resin to cure, you usually need either a waxed resin that seals itself applied to the mat, or a gelcoat afterwards to seal the resin for the resin to harden fully - you have mentioned neither. I would certainly see if the work you have done needs to be gel coated before going any further.
Looks pretty good to me! Me and a buddy made a fiberglass hood for a kit car. Smaller peices seem to make it easier to lay out. That roller you have is to spread out the epoxy so it goes a little further. Another trick is to use toilet paper to absorb the resin up. The strength comes from the glass not the epoxy. If you have any low spots just fill in with another layer of glass. I don't think it'll be really necessary because of the foam over the top. Mike
Well it sure is starting to come along nicely !
I don't want to get ahead of you but I would like to see that paint job this truck is looking really great
Looking great