Fiberglass Repair ~ Stress Cracks
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This show covers how to repair fiberglass stress cracks on your boat using polyester resin. Previous episodes go over other types of fiberglass repair using West System epoxy.
Thanks a stack for this video. I am a south african lady who had a stress crack in her pool...got a repair kit, read the instructions and was a bit overwhelmed...watched this video and repaired my pool...by myself! so proud. :).
+Toni Joubert That's awesome Toni! Well done ;-)
Glad I came across this youtube. Great presentation and full of material for those taking on a project like this. GOOD JOB!
I live in the UK thanks for your videos there a great help on my boat restoration hadn't been for you would have had to pay someone to redo my fiberglassing on boat keep them coming
You have to be the Bob Ross of boats! Thank you for sharing your expertise. I was looking for repairs for my van with a fiberglass high top. That is how I found your channel, and now you have a new subscriber! 👍👍👍😁😁😁
I am in the UK. Rebuilding a 1970's Lotus Europa. This video has been invaluable. Professionally presented so that even an novice, like me, can feel confident tackling fibreglass repair.
Thank you very much for this one. Love watching people that know what they do with ease.
This is a fantastic video which thoroughly covers every step of stress crack repair, and the closeup camera work is excellent. I'm going to use this video as my primary reference when repairing a similar crack in a corner of my deck. Please keep up the great work.
I have done some fiberglass repairs to a small degree before. But I have never heard such beautiful guitar music playing in the background while doing so. As a guitar player myself I am twice blessed by watching your channel.
Thanks Andy! Love your tutorials! Best Fiberglass work Ive ever seen!
Your videos are relaxing and satisfying to watch. I wish I could be this calm when I work on my boat!
Your series of videos are very informative and helpful. Your use and explanation of the why for many of the products and techniques helps avoid the pitfalls and gives some solid advice and direction. Many thanks.
I have done fiberglass repairs years ago on truck frontends and corvettes. I learned a lot from your video, thank you.
I have built in repaired a TON of fiberglass. I have learned i know nothing, so SUBSCRIBED.
thanks for the videos you have truly save me thousands of dollars
really enjoying your show - thanks for taking the time to do it
Ive been watching you for awile now and youve helped me alot....i will continue to watch....
These are fantastic videos, thanks so much for making them!
Really great VIDEO, never did epoxy resin, lots of great information. Thanks William
Hey Anthony, I use a 1.4 tip for repairs (would not use this size for an entire boat though :-) I mix non-waxed laminating gel with a product made by Duratec (high gloss additive). 60%gel W/ 40% Duratec. This additive works as a thinner as well as a curing agent to allow the gel to fully harden. With the 1.4 and the flow about half open with a tight pattern 30psi it sprays very nice. VIP Catalyze the mix 2%. Or try going over the tacky gel you sprayed with PVA. I never use gel with wax anymore.
Great job on the video, good level of detail and explanation of why you were doing each step.
Great job on this tutorial. It was well produced and easy to follow.
Awesome video! The way you demonstrated reminded me of that old tv show with the artist Bob Ross and his painting.
You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for your work.
Mate thanks for this fantastic presentation. Really appreciate you sharing your expertise !
CSM for the finish layers as it sands smooth for finishing (gelcoat or paint). But generally I use 2 types of glass; 1.5oz csm and 1708 bi-ax
Your videos are really great man! Good work, keep it up, I'm learning a lot!
Thanks for the video Andy. You do great work, and your explanations are excellent. Looking forward to the next video. Tony R
Excellent how-to. Easy to follow and understand.
Great one, exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Great information , I am a new subscriber and fan of your videos!
That looks like hard work ,I'm working on my Healey wide body ,stop by Thanks Radu
Thanks for all the information, great job!! Cheers from NorthRineWestPhalia, Germany
Thank you, I'm restoring a Baja VW Beetle. Old fiberglass.... Gotta love it......
You make fiberglassing look easy, bet if I tried to do it, it would look much harder to accomplish!
always a pleasure watching your video's. Thx a lot for sharing your knowledge and experiences
love it really helpful hope my patch comes out like yours
This guy really deserves his hits. Well done.
Thank you for your sharing. Lots of helps.
I learned lots, thanks. Great video.
Great instruction Andy.
Excellent teaching. Thanks!
Great videos! Very well done. You explain each step and why you are doing it and then each step is nicely shot on video.
Thank you!!!
Thank you!
WOW incredible talent, great skill... Thank you so much...
awesome..I am going to use this info to repair my meyers manx buggy..thankyou matey.
You're a great instructor!
you're a true craftsman!!
great video, many thanks !
Brilliant video and certainly learning a lot. Too much epoxy to learn haha
Thanks for this, and for taking the time to go through in detail, much appreciated.
I am always afraid to mess up. Your videos help me enourmly to even try to start such work. Even more so importend as I have not the funds no more, after the divorce, to hire Professionals. With your videos, I can manage to fix things and thus not give in to in live. THANK YOU, ROVER
A Good Instructional Video. Thanks very much
thanks for your knowledge a big help
thanks for this video... its really helpful.....
Good video I'd like to thank you for posting
Thanks... you're a big help.
Great instruction. Thanks
About ready to repair 2" cracks in hull of '75Sunfish then gelcoat entire hull. Thanks for giving me much insight about wht this entails and especially confidence! I will be reviewing your vids a few more times beforehand but your details have been great! Nice work! Many thanks.
Great job!
Thanks mate, really good and informative. Restoring my boat purely using the school of Boatworks Today.
very helpfull ,thankyou , well explained.
For the spider cracking, do you recommend the epoxy adhesive or fairing compound?
Excellent explanation
Very nice, thx for sharing
Awesome videos!! If I send you some photos of some stress cracks on my boat, can you tell me by looking at them if it's just the gelcoat that cracked, or if I have to actually repair the fiberglass? The cracks are much smaller than in this video, and were caused by a collision with the dock. Thanks in advance for any help.
very nice work
You sir are the master! Tx!
Awesome good stuff dude!!
Question, repairing a big truck hood, Epoxy or Polyester ? Thanks William.
Quick question. I recently discovered a soft spot on the deck of my 2002 Sea Ray 340, due to the previous owner had an accident. Removed the hatch and ground out all the mush, vacuumed it all out.
I had repair a crack in the Fiberglas and had to sand about a square foot of factory anti-skid (diamond pattern) the first problem I’m having is the repair epoxy is bleeding through the factory color matched gel coat. What do I use as a color block? Then I order the factory anti skid pattern mold from james town dist.
Do you think it is possible to blend in a square foot of anti skid perfectly, in the middle of about 6 square feet of anti skid?
Thanks! Really enjoy your videos!
Nice repair my friend
When I find "dry laminate" layers, I take a small drill bit and drill into the hole, then mix a very small batch of resin, then inject the resin into the dry void with a needle. You can actually watch the resin saturate the dry laminate from the surface. It works well. For areas where there is plenty of glass, but someone just didn't quite brush/push out the air from the glass, the adhesion and structure seems to be absolutely fine. Overall, much less sanding/tooling and less disturbing of the surrounding good glass laminate.
ok but that doesn't provide any structural integrity -- I mean I guess it's better than leaving it as is but... i'm not sure
@@IrregularPineapples He mentioned a very specific situation where there might have been dry laminate layers where maybe they didn't use enough resin or they did not brush the air bubbles out, but there was enough glass, which is where the structural integrity comes from, it just needed more resin, if that makes any sense, hope that helps explain it a bit better, take care and have a nice day.
This is super, now what steps would come next OR which video would take us thru the primer and finishing process?
really good video
Do you have long videos because i am rebuilding my floor and transom in my 1966
thunder hawk 14" try haul
Very helpful!
hi, when you finish up with the fibreglass works, do you leave a space for the gelcoat? or you can apply a very this coat?
Are these the best long enduring working materials /resins to use for a F glass fill in job ?
Greetings from Portugal! Nice videos, thanks for the excelent explainations, u make it look so easy.... Just a question, can u use epoxy resin and biaxial on that kind of repair? Thanks !
lot's of help,thanks
My biggest problem with stress cracks is what has let go underneath to allow the cracks to form?
That is good work buddy!
Thank you Alex!
Thank you from Turkey :)
I have a laser sailboat and am with several cracks at the edges of the sailboat did not know what to do I think you can help me.
What should I do?
Thanks Andy i think i had to open up the flow more on my gun. ill let you know how i make out, im going to be at the boat yard next week. Thanks again
Andy what tip do you use in your gun when you spray gel coat. I used a 1.4 that ihave in my gun and it was not the right tip for sure. Also where can i buy wax to put over the coat the gel coat. I got the one that has it in it but i found it to still be sticky. Thanks Anthony
Thank you for the quick response. :) what I was asking is would a coat of pva over the glass work the same in helping it to cure, would it keep it from gassing off and slow the cure? An old timer showed me the pva trick, it seemed to help with blending the color better, I was putting in a bow thruster and using flag blue. Is it the heat of the gelcoat kicking that does it?
Great vids
You’re a legend
I have a 1973 fiberglass boat from ss sears I AM ALMOST READY to prime the bottom should I role resin everywhere first or just prime it
Fiberglass and finishing it has always been like a mysterious black art to me.
That was until I came across your videos.
Thank you for making them and sharing your knowledge.
I'll be working with vinyl Ester resin. Is there a certain type of gelcoat I need to use?
Very Excellent
Good job
Hi, i enjoy your videos a lot keep em coming. Since you are working mainly with fiberglass and it produces lots of nasty fine dust from grinding. I was thinking you must have a great shop vacuum /dust collector for you grinding tools. What kind would you recommend?
You do unbelievable video's for us cream puffs but please do a video on the touch up painting process as well. OR if you already have one point me to it. Again great job!!
Just pulled this one back up to show my 13 year old son what we would need to be doing on one of our boat. As You were applying the faring compound my son said " He sounds like Bob Ross". By the way he loves Bob Ross.
Love your videos and subscribed. I've seen in other videos that you alternately use woven roving mat and csm for repairs. What about this job made you device not use any mat? I'm under the impression that csm takes shaping better, but the mat is the strength.
Also, like Robin Szemeti says in the comments below, why do you need the gelcoat for it to cure? I'm wathicng alot of videos, but never seen that anywhere before. Is there some difference from epoxy compared to polyester resin?
do we need the plug open or closed when it stay inn water over night
Nice video! I notice you use a lot of CSM, for small fixes is that usually all that's required, or does it depend more on the surrounding/existing material?