Nice work. I am starting construction on a foamy and fiberglass camper and your videos are very helpful. I am also videoing mine which will probably be done sometime next spring. It's getting too cold to do any fiberglass right now in Michigan. I was hoping to get away with one or two layers on the outside and only one layer on the inside. After watching you I am reconsidering that, but I really want to keep the weight lower.
Hey Kim, make up a few 6x6 test squares with varying layers of glass over foam. Its great practice, and gives you some samples to test for strength and impact resistance. Doing that convinced me to increase the layer count. Stay warm this winter!
Had to laugh at your dog he walked up to you with Frisbee in his mouth. Then looked at you like hey dad let's play Frisbee but you didn't notice and walked back with the roll of glass in hand. Your dog walked away looking a bit sad. Then he came back laid his Frisbee right next to the roll glass. It was like he was giving you a hint (leave the roll alone let's play Frisbee) then he walked away looking defeated lol.. poor baby just want to play Frisbee lol Cute dog I take it he likes his Frisbee. Enjoy watching the video your doing a good job on the foamy
ooh, rotary cutter, nice. Taking notes.... I recommend Styro-goo for adhering wood to foam, but too late now for the floor ;) Seems like it worked better the second time. I've managed to do vertical surfaces, by taping the top of the cloth to the work, but it's always better to do it flat!
Do you think fiber glass was necessary inside? Could you have done automotive interior carpet glued to the walls inside? What would be the downside to this approach if I were to do it? On the ceiling and walls. I understand the need to have the surfaces you'll sit on, etc. have the additional strength of fiber glass over the foam.
What was the fiberglass cloth that you used (60")? What is it's weight and weave? Great job by the way, the best that I have seen. It makes me want to use Epoxy instead of PMF which never seemed to turn out, certainly not as beautiful as your wonderful job.
Thanks for watching! I don't recall the specifics of that cloth at the moment, but everything used in this project was 6-8 oz per square yard. I purchase all my fiberglass through Thayercraft.
any idea how much resin (Gal.) that you ended up using on this project? not knowing I was estimating about 1 gal per 4 ft. square? The Price would run me up between cloth and resin alone, several thousand dollars.
A general cloth/resin ratio is estimated at 1:2 or 1:2.5. For a yard (3'x3') of 6oz cloth you will need 15oz of resin give or take. there will be some waste in the process, and it never hurts to have more on hand. I used something like 5 or 6 gallon kits of uscomposites 635 thin for this build. A gallon kit is 175oz to 192oz of mixed material depending on cure speed.
Man, these videos are fantastic!
I enjoy watching and learning from you! Thanks for sharing!
The trial and error method, whilst learning, is a good thing. Press on dude
Great job so far - very informative
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it Evan!!! Love thinking of work!!! You’re so cool man you awesome
Enjoyed the fancy footwork and that roof rack is niiiice!
Great videos! I think Foam Fusion glue is the way to go to adhere the wood to the foam and gluing the foam pieces together
I have seen guys use foam fusion with good success. Epoxy worked great for me.
Laying fiberglass overhead like that is perhaps the biggest challenge you could have tackled!
No kidding! Ill have to revisit that sometime in the future. I'm almost certain that it is possible.
Thanks for having us along, really enjoying these videos and learning a lot. I do wonder what Jane Goodall would think of the solar panel unboxing.
Jane Goodall may mistake me for the missing link! Thanks for watching!
Way cool!!!! Looking to build my own as well. Hope the best for you
You can do it!
Wow! Awesome work.
Thanks a lot! More soon!
Nice work. I am starting construction on a foamy and fiberglass camper and your videos are very helpful. I am also videoing mine which will probably be done sometime next spring. It's getting too cold to do any fiberglass right now in Michigan. I was hoping to get away with one or two layers on the outside and only one layer on the inside. After watching you I am reconsidering that, but I really want to keep the weight lower.
Hey Kim, make up a few 6x6 test squares with varying layers of glass over foam. Its great practice, and gives you some samples to test for strength and impact resistance. Doing that convinced me to increase the layer count. Stay warm this winter!
Spectacular 👍
Had to laugh at your dog he walked up to you with Frisbee in his mouth. Then looked at you like hey dad let's play Frisbee but you didn't notice and walked back with the roll of glass in hand. Your dog walked away looking a bit sad. Then he came back laid his Frisbee right next to the roll glass. It was like he was giving you a hint (leave the roll alone let's play Frisbee) then he walked away looking defeated lol..
poor baby just want to play Frisbee lol
Cute dog I take it he likes his Frisbee.
Enjoy watching the video your doing a good job on the foamy
Dale is the best companion I could ever ask for. On any given day, during any given task he's in the trenches with me.
ooh, rotary cutter, nice. Taking notes.... I recommend Styro-goo for adhering wood to foam, but too late now for the floor ;) Seems like it worked better the second time. I've managed to do vertical surfaces, by taping the top of the cloth to the work, but it's always better to do it flat!
Never again! Although it's probably a lot like overhead welding, seems impossible until you know all the little tricks.
Do you think fiber glass was necessary inside? Could you have done automotive interior carpet glued to the walls inside? What would be the downside to this approach if I were to do it? On the ceiling and walls. I understand the need to have the surfaces you'll sit on, etc. have the additional strength of fiber glass over the foam.
What was the fiberglass cloth that you used (60")? What is it's weight and weave? Great job by the way, the best that I have seen. It makes me want to use Epoxy instead of PMF which never seemed to turn out, certainly not as beautiful as your wonderful job.
Thanks for watching! I don't recall the specifics of that cloth at the moment, but everything used in this project was 6-8 oz per square yard. I purchase all my fiberglass through Thayercraft.
Do you think you could've gotten away with wood glue and canvas for the interior? It's much easier to apply since the wood glue is tackier
any idea how much resin (Gal.) that you ended up using on this project? not knowing I was estimating about 1 gal per 4 ft. square? The Price would run me up between cloth and resin alone, several thousand dollars.
A general cloth/resin ratio is estimated at 1:2 or 1:2.5. For a yard (3'x3') of 6oz cloth you will need 15oz of resin give or take. there will be some waste in the process, and it never hurts to have more on hand. I used something like 5 or 6 gallon kits of uscomposites 635 thin for this build. A gallon kit is 175oz to 192oz of mixed material depending on cure speed.
I miss watching you mix epoxy!!
When are you back?
Cheers
I'm not dead! New video this week!
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