Gelcoating Fiberglassed Plywood DIY! (Like a Pro)
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2024
- Once you have fiber glassed over your plywood, you NEED to seal it with gelcoat! Gelcoat not only makes your fiber glass work look better, it seals and creates a water barrier for your raw Fiber glass. This step is very important, and should not be skipped! It is not hard to work with gelcoat, you just need to understand the basics. In this video I will show you how we have been gel coating over fiber glass for years in our families Boat shop. Follow along step by step, this is a full length video with no details left out. If you find this video helpful, please remember to subscribe, like comment, and share! Thanks for watching!
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Wow. I just got educated by a guy who explains each step thoroughly including the doubt you will encounter. That comes from years of experience.
I loved watching this episode.
Thank you for the effort you put into the project to make it look/seem doable for someone with lower levels of skill than the boat builder
Glad it was helpful, and thanks for your comment!
I don't even have a Fiberglass boat and I think they are trouble. I still watched the entire video and I appreciate the knowledge shared!
Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment!
Money comes and goes but pride of work stays with you all your life. Thank you for showing us how to do beautiful fiberglass work.
Well said! Much appreciated!!!
I’ve been fiberglassing and gel coating for sixty year and still learned a couple of tricks….Like wrapping the roller with blue tape to pull off loose strands and crud. Well done.
Glad to share some of what I have learned! Sometimes those little tricks add up to make a big difference! Thanks for watching
I worked 32 years in fiberglass reinforced plastics R&D. Hand layup was the first and most basic process that I learned. Your very well done instructional video shows/teaches the techniques exactly as I was taught so long ago. I look forward to following your channel!
Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment! It is much appreciated!
Great videos, Capt!! I started my YT Channel because there is an EXTREME lack of "GOOD how-to's" available on UA-cam.. a few garage boat builders misguiding the masses! Your content is GOLD! I use a lot of similar techniques building "WICKED WANDA" (with my own spin, of course). KEEP them coming! You deserve to be rewarded for your efforts!! 🙌
Thanks, I appreciate that! We have more videos on the way!
I really appreciate the in depth instruction. I do not have a boat- I’m an over the road truck driver. I own a Kenworth W900L with a fiberglass hood that has multiple cracks completely through, stress cracks etc. I grew up doing automotive bondo work on automobiles but need a refresher for fiberglass. Thank You!
Glad to help with your kenworth repair! Thanks for watching!
Man thanks for the videos,very informative and helpful. I have a 95 gambler bass boat that I got from a buddy and it needs some work. I was going to have a shop do the work but watching your videos has inspired me to take the chance and do the work myself.And originally putting plywood back in the boat made me very nerves about having to redo in a couple years. But your Coosa board usage and videos has me sold. Thanks again
Glad to help! The Coosa board is great stuff. They do have different densities for there materials. I have always preferred the Bluewater 26 pound density for our projects. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
These fibreglassing videos are fantastically useful, thank you for the really detailed steps and tips. I’ve just bought a 48-year old fibreglass boat in need of a fair bit of repair both glass and gelcoat and I cannot express how helpful your videos are to a total novice like me. Brilliant work. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Glad to help! Best of luck with your project
Thanks Captain Joe, learning a lot
Keep the videos coming.
The original Glassing-the-Plywood piece, the different kinds of CSM, and now this with Gel Coating, Both First Class. I have worked Polyester and Epoxy since 1964 and I learned so many little Tips in both of these vids. I like your emphasis of pouring liquid out as soon as fully mixed, to cut the heat/cure issue. Two Thumbs up.
Thanks for sharing! Glad you found some helpful tips in the videos. We have lots more DIY type content coming soon!
After years and years of working in commercial construction industry I learned how to control airborne particulate with fans. one blowing in the building, one blowing on me while I work and one blowing out of the building through a close window or opening. When installing mineral wool into a ceiling I would have on a full face hepa PAPR, tyvech suit with gloves and a nice stought fan blowing right on me while working. Fan also keeps you from roasting inside that sweat suit. Same method ror overhead insulation in a crawl space, feels so good to come out of a crawl space peel off all that gear and not be eaten alive by glass.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I can't believe I just now found this channel. So helpful! Great videos!
Glad you like them! Welcome to the channel!
I appreciate the detail without adding a bunch of BS that isn't needed. I'm just trying to build a custom shower pan with glass, but I'm thinking the process is the same, just smaller.
Thanks, best of luck with your project!
Another great video, watched it with a lot of interest. You explain everything very well. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just found your videos, they are great! Very detailed and informative - not just brief overviews leaving you unprepared. Appreciate it!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Greatly appreciate this one! Thanks for throwing this together and showing the process!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I gel coated my 1958 Glasspar Club Mariner 19 foot cabin cruiser out in my driveway under Maple trees and it came out really good.
Glad your gelcoat project turned out good! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoying all the videos! thank you for all the great info, you guys are doing things just right!
Thanks for watching, and commenting! Much appreciated!
Im so grateful for these videos ! Its like because of your years of experience your demonstrations. are so easy to follow. Appreciate close ups of the cans and brushing as well as rollers. Never had a teacher explain how to do it and what not to do, and do these projects safely.
You are so welcome! I appreciate you watching and commenting very much!
These are the best fiberglass and gelcoat videos I have ever seen when it comes to a simple, yet straightforward explanation of the process. Great job by Capt Joe and his team
Thankyou this is priceless info, busy rebuilding a small sail boat and love this as it is so informative.
Glad to help!
I think your doing a great job explaining and actual proper working of the fiberglass.
Thanks so much, I appreciate the comment!
i am learning more than ever with your videos . Thanks!
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!
It’s so impressive how clean you work.
Thank you!
Hats off to you again Captain!
Well done and right on point with tips details. Salute!!!
Much appreciated!
I always wondered how to do gel coat,great demo seminar,love your shop …thanks
You are so welcome!
Thank you for all the knowledge you are sharing .
You are welcome, glad you are enjoying the videos!
Found your channel two videos ago. You give me mental confidence to work with fiberglass. It sounds expensive to be a hobby. Fun to watch you work.
Welcome to the channel and best of luck with your future projects!
I’m really enjoying the quality of information that you’ve been presenting, I typically have very little experience with f/glass & it’s coatings etc so it’s perfect instruction for me. Thank you from Melbourne Australia
Glad you like them! Australia is Awesome!
Thank you so much for the video. I do find it very helpful. Appreciate all the details and step by step instructions and tips. You can tell you have been raised in a family oriented enviroment.
You are so welcome! Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you, very informative and safety-conscious, best-kind.
You're very welcome!
Absolutely fantastic… Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate the time you took to make this video and greatly appreciate the fact that you would share it with the world. Cheers.
Wow, thanks so much! I appreciate your thoughts!
SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE !!!! I had to subscribe
Thanks so much, and welcome to the channel!
Short seasons tought me a few tricks, especially at cold conditions but this works both ways;
Hot weather; To slow down premature curing, keep your mix container in a cold bath of water, or in a passive top-lidded camping cooling box with a few blue freeze blocks put in. Rules of convection will keep the cooled air trapped down in the tub, so theres no need for having the lid on. Can easily be done for the roller tray too, if need be.
Cold weather; Use temperate/hotter water bath for your mix container instead. Gentle powered heat blankets/electric foot warmer pouches also works well. Dont pizz off your missus, buy one for designated use :))
Use UV terrazze type heaters for the surface curing. Work localized spots according to your available surface heating capacity. Regulate surface heat with distance between heater to surface, or buy a pulse regulator, fitting your amperage draws. Mine came from the floor heating cable shelves, at the building electrical installations section, mine are rated 4KW, costed about 150 USD.
UV makes for a fancy electrical bill but work can be done, it allows you if willing, to repair glassfibers and paints surrounded with snow. Quarts type heaters are more transfer efficient but costs much more to buy. I bought my 1000W´s standards for about 25 USD pr pop on my local cheapo store. They work well enough, 2 of six died by rain penetration when I forgot them on a project standing outside. Kept under a roof and treated somewhat gentle they serve on well.
With using UV follows a bonus; colder weathers actually becomes more preferable to work in, as there is no chance of humidity condensation forming as usual is, on colder than atmo surfaces. As also then allows, for working anything glue/laminate/paint much more risk free in higher air humidities.
Very good! Thanks for all of the good information!
Excełlent as usual. Huge thanks for clear explanations / techniques.
Glad you liked it!
Many thanks for your detailed demonstrations! I feel game to give some repair work a go now. Cheers!
Glad to help! I wish you the best with your projects!
I've loved these, fibreglass how to, videos 💚🇬🇧🌱
Thanks so much! We have more How-Tos on the way. If you have any suggestions for new content, I would love to hear your thoughts!
that is the best demo I have ever seen
Wow, thank you so much!
Excellent instructions and demonstration.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Great information!!! Thank you for showing this to us. Learning lots.😀
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Another awesome video, I’m learning so much from you and really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge and experience, kindest regards from DownUnder🇦🇺
My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching!
Great videos Capt. very informative with great real time commentary.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Loving the 1st video and this one. Something new for me to learn, interesting stuff. You explain it well. Cheers from Australia
Awesome, thank you!we love our viewers from 🇦🇺
. Thank you for taking the time to make this content and sharing your proficient skill with all of us. God bless you and thanks once again.
You are very welcome! Thanks for the kind words!
Thanks a lot mate! Planning to make the shower/bathroom in my camper following exactly your procedure, adding a heater mat underneath.
Glad it helped, and thanks for watching!
Awesome highest quality knowledge from a craftsman!!! Family businesses and craftsmen are disappearing. As a high end residential custom custom remodeling contractor [ ret.] At 61, I now do log slab metallic epoxy tables, classic truck restoration, custom tool making, and making rc airplanes and boats, [ if you stop moving - you'll die! ] [if you stop learning - you're boring! ] Thank you for teaching as I enjoy teaching others as well. At no matter what age, if you're open minded to tips and tricks that's what makes a craftsman. Just a quick trick as I also use cheap chip brushes for epoxy and por 15 paint, get the cheap super glue and apply to the base of the bristles all the way around at the steel band, this will prevent bristles to come out into your finish. Hope that can help. Now I'm thinking of learning how to do youtube to teach my tips learned in high end remodeling? Once again thanks!!!!
Thanks so much! Yes, I agree that we need more craftsman and quality tradesmen out there for sure!I will definitely try the super glue trick, sounds like it would work great. I really appreciate you watching and commenting!
Good job! Love your method of explaining. Even I can understand it. Thx!
Thank you, glad to help!
Very impressed with your work ethic.
Much appreciated! Thanks for the comment!
Such a great how to do , thankyou so much for taking the time to produce these videos all the way from Australia
Glad you like them! Thank you for taking the time to watch all the way from Australia 🇦🇺!
Lots of good and helpful tips. Thanks and keep up the great work ya'll 👍
Thanks! Will do!
Thanks for the help in showing me how to do a good job
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
Great informative videos! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Glad I happened on this site to get some finer points. I'm a automotive body man for 30 yrs and only used fiberglass on a few boats and a totaled corvette, enjoyed working with glass but never used a gel coat. Great info. 👍
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome videos indeed. I came across your channel with the original bare plywood setup, and watched the followup video, and now this one, and certainly learning something not seen on other YTB videos, and though I'll never get to your level, I'm subscribing anyway. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Glad you found the videos interesting, and welcome to the channel!
THANK YOU AGAIN. REDOING 15 BOTTOM GELL COAT 2 OR 3 COATS? YES WE WILL DO ALOT OF SANDING. THANK U.
2 coats will usually cover, but 3 on bottom is not a bad idea. Just remember, no wax in the first coats. Only in the last coat do you add wax. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!
A true craftsman
Thank you very much!
I am struly enjoying the videos and information
Glad you like them!
Wow! You've explained and demonstrated it well!
Glad it was helpful!
I worked in FRP pipe manufacturing plant in the Middle East for 28 years as technical manager, and I agree with you that the best way to have a better bond between a FRP and wood is by applying a topcoat of resin and allow it to sip through the grains of the wood, and as much as possible, the wood must be completely encapsulated with FRP laminate to effect a 'fastening'. Weathering, vibrations, etc. eventually will cause to delaminate the FRP from the wood. I have done interlaminar shear test, and directly laminating FRP to wood indicated zero lap shear strength!
8:52 that bluetape fix is an amazing tip! I was a professional painter for years and those messy fibers usually come out later in the project.
Haha, glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for commenting!
Once again ❤ the content
Thanks so much!
My first time to watch and your explanation is great. I’ll be watching more in the future as I am very interested in this type of work. Thanks
Wow, thank you! I appreciate you watching and welcome to the channel!
What I did when I rebuilt an old garbage show into a very nice little boat. Believe it or not, I used a Wagner (JUNK) electric sprayer and immediately after spraying a section I used a 4"wide foam brush very lightly over the finish and it came out very nice.
Interesting! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Great informative videos Captain Joe!!!
Glad you like them!thanks for watching!
This series was so helpful. I really enjoy your presentation style. New subscriber, looking forward to more great content. Thanks.
Thanks so much, and welcome to the channel!
I’m wondering if you could discuss the differences of resins from the box stores (usually gallon cans) versus resins from other sources. Yes I’m finding your content very helpful.
Great suggestion! I have plans for a resin video soon. Thanks for watching!
Excellent demo thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for emphasis on weather conditions. Here in the cold northeast there is a small window for this work unless in climate controlled shop Great workmanship
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate you watching
I plan on building a 20 foot perahu style canoe, I plan on fiberglassing I want to paint it after I fiberglass these videos been helping flan out my boat build here in central Alabama. I still have alot to learn since I plan on building two of them at least these videos and other UA-cam project Duracell has helped me out.
Sounds like great projects, glad the videos are helpful!
Capt Joe , Happy New Year ! Really awesome video just digging the content y'all are putting in these videos ! Learning so much about the world of fiberglass / gelcoat Thanks so much for putting this out for everyone who has doubts about working with these products by the way Logan is a great camera guy . Hope y'all can do some old school work for the person who is working on a budget because some of these projects are pricey especially the materials, appreciate y'all sharing family legacy!
Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying the content! I will be sure to tell Logan you said so, he will appreciate that. Yes, it seems like EVERYTHING is stupid expensive these days. I will try to show different material options for you guys when ever I can. I really appreciate you watching and commenting!
How you make it so shiny like the botom of you big boat ?
Sir, thank you very much for these videos. Excellent, highly informative. Exactly what i need. No doubt i'll still bodge it but i can but dream of doing it right.
You're very welcome, glad you are enjoying the videos!
Great advice. The shop looks great all cleaned up too. You Logan and Mark have definitely been working hard!
Thanks so much! We Tryin Man!
Fantastic stuff!
Many thanks! I appreciate the comment!
What great information. Thank you. Ted, in New Jersey.
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
That and fiberglassing in a previous video was really helpfull, thanks! Going to start fiberglassing and gelcoating on my boats this spring, now I know where I'm at and what tools and chemicals I need beside actually glass mats, resin and gelcoat.
Glad to help! Best of luck with your project!
Thanks very much for the excellent videos. I am completing a 40ft, plywood with fibreglass sheathing catamaran which was started almost ten years ago, when the builder unfortunately suddenly died in 2018. He finished the hulls in 2016 and has finished most of the topsides using the following technique (taken from his blog):
'The long job of fibreglass sheathing of the topsides has been started.
The plywood is covered with 390 gram twill weave cloth, filled with epoxy resin and finally a layer of peel ply cloth is laid on top. Once set, the peel ply is removed leaving a smooth, amine free surface. Minor blemishes are sanded and filled. and then a final coat of epoxy is applied using a roll and tip method. The finished surface will need a light sanding and then can be painted. I have added a white pigment to the epoxy resin.'
The finish achieved is excellent.
What is your opinion of this method?
That is a pretty common method in my opinion. I would imagine that if the work was done correctly, it should be good. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
GREAT WORK CAPT.!💥🙌💪AUSTRALIA!🤍💙❤️👊
MUCH APPRECIATED!! I would love to visit Oz some day! Thanks for watching!
Great job, educational
Glad it was helpful!
Brother like it. I’m loving it. Thank you sir you just learnt me something really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Looking forward to your library clips know how thank you.!!!
Glad to help! Thanks for watching!
Excellent Instructions Well Done
Many thanks!
Great work following the narrative with the camera!
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching
Fish bump family/Capt Joe fantastic video really great content! Would really like to see some glass lamination to plywood with stress testing with weight or what is available hope y'all have a great charter year but really soaking these videos up like a sponge moving forward!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Very 'down to earth' explanations Captain. Looking to replace the teak swim platform on my Malibu, and have been hesitant, but this gives me confidence. Thinking 2- 3/4" marine plywood would give the strength needed, combined with the glass and gel coat. Love visiting down in your area!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Having the Reddy Heater running looks like it would be very helpful.
Sure, we have one.They work good. We don't run it while videoing because of the noise. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic episode and I learned something new! I did not know you couldn't gel coat over epoxy.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, many people do not know that gelcoat over epoxy is not recommended. There are some folks that say it can be done under very specific conditions or with certain material combinations, but I don't recommend it. Thanks for watching!
@@FishBumpTV Thank you for using your time and materials to teach the boating community how to do these repairs properly!
liked and subscribed , thanks for the titorial, knowlege is gold bady :)
Thanks so much, and welcome to the channel!
Great content
Thanks so much!
Great job thanks for your content
Thanks for watching!
Captain Joe the Bob Ross of Glassing.
Awesome! Glad you are enjoying the videos!
I wish I could bring my boat to you for some fiberglass work.
Nice
I feel you should emphasize that the average Joe stay away from the angle grinder. People will have trouble with the rapid motion that you have mastered
Thanks, they are great tools for fiberglass work. But, yes they do take some practice to master. Safely is always a concern when doing this kind of work. Thanks for the suggestion!
Great TV presentation talent.
Thank you kindly! Much appreciated
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks again good content😀
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I'm thinking for small batches you could get a laboratory stir plate (it basically is a little platform with a magnet spinning inside.... you put a magnet capsule into your beaker of liquid and put it on the plate to make the one in the beaker spin around and stir the liquid... alternatively just dump out the whole can on the surface and spread it :P
Thanks for watching and for your thoughts!
Thanks for sharing howto do the repair. It would be fabulous if you show how to do it on small dings on the places where you see it all the time. Cheers
I have several gelcoat repair videos on the channel that I am sure you will find helpful. Thanks for watching!
I've watched both videos, fiberglass and now gel coat. I found you explained clearly what you were doing and easy for myself with no experience to get a good grasp on the process.
Thanks for sharing you skills and knowledge.
I have an old ply kayak and wondering if the same process would suit to glass the entire kayak.
Glad to help! Yes, it could certainly work. You might want to consider epoxy resin for that application though. We used polyester resin in our most recent videos, but plan on a resin comparison video soon. We will be explaining some of the pros and cons of each resin type. Thanks so much for watching!
Your shout out at THT got a new sub! I'm in!!
Awesome, welcome to the channel!