Tips Revealed! - Fiberglassing a Boat Hull S3-E15
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Great tips for fiberglassing a boat hull. In building "Victoria", the 9' tender for "Arabella", boat builder Bob Emser shows the proper way to add fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to the boat hull. Several tips are revealed from making perfect epoxy fillets, adding micro-balloon fairing filler, final sanding too priming with 2 part epoxy primer.
Why one layer of fiberglass cloth? One of the goals of building the tender is that Steve Denette requested the boat be as light and strong as possible. He is fully aware that those two requests will be a balancing act to dial in the correct proportions. The answer came quite easily when we discussed Victorias construction with John Harris, owner of Chesapeake Light Craft. The full discussion can be viewed on A2A video “LIVE from 2022 The WoodenBoat Show”
One question I posed to John was other stronger fabrics like such as Dynel and Xynole both are much higher in abrasion resistance. Unfortunately they also require a lot more resin to wet out, as much as three times more than glass cloth. Because of the large weigh difference John’s recommendation was a single layer of glass cloth on the outside and inside of the hull. The combination of inside and outside will give the best weight to strength ratio.
“When such a resin (epoxy) is reinforced with glass fibers the resulting composite can have a tensile strength between 45,000-50,000 psi. It also becomes extremely resistant to impact damage. This high strength for the relative low weight is the fundamental reason that fiberglass composites are popular.”
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As I am now retired but haven't lost my knowledge on mixing epoxy and paints properly. I feel it absolutely necessary to shed some light on your mixing abilities. It was in my 3rd year of schooling in the automotive industry we were taught to mix in the epoxy resin category which by the way had nothing to do with painting but it was brought to our attention that resins being much thicker by viscosity one must take a piece of wire (coat hanger) in thickness cut a piece long enough to form a 2 inch triangle at the bottom end and used in a small drill to mix our resins thoroughly. I don't mean to be rude in this, but only helpful. I thank you for your taking the time to share your knowledge as well. It brought back some memories for me, and it was fun to watch you work.😊
She is getting more and more beautiful with each video and so much work goes into the preparation of each step, it's going to be a really special moment when Victoria is united with Arabella.
Bob Emser is literally the Bob Ross of boat building. Calm demeanor, knowledgeable, and charitable with passing his knowledge on. Great work Bob, I'm looking forward to when Victoria gets to settle into her home on Arabella!
Thank you Sam! I appreciate your kind thoughts.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
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The Bob Ross of boat building ... that totally fits this channel! Happy planks, smooth calm paint, lovely lines, and just plain beautiful.
Steve is going to have one fine tender. Your attention to detail and his match up quite nicely.
What an artist and teacher you are. Its an outstanding project and, perhaps more significant than your skills, is your generosity in providing this beautiful gift to Steve and the A2A project.
Victoria is taking shape. It is BEAUTIFUL.
Absolutely beautiful work Bob. You aren’t just building a boat, you’re building a piece of history.
I love to watch someone that has a passion for what they do. Thanks for sharing.
Extremely excellent videos. You give sufficient information of each step to convey the techniques used and reasons for using them, as well as mentioning alternatives. You don't bore us with hours and hours of sanding that is basically the same for the duration. Love your channel. 👍👍👍👍
Such beautiful workmanship and attention to detail Bob. Victoria is going to be quite the little boat!
Outstanding Bob. Looking forward to the tiller challenge. I sense some bronze casting might be coming up. Thanks
Hi Rick, Indeed already have some castings in the works.
I’m looking forward to the tiller challenge.
Thank you Bob for an outstanding episode. Victoria is looking fantastic. Looking forward to seeing her color go on and what you do with the tiller and rudder. Have a great week ahead.
Thanks Bob for all the tips on fiberglassing! We are about at the same stage with our strip hull kayak so the timing is perfect. I really appreciate your instruction and channel!
Once again, simply awesome. A pleasure to watch you and learn.
Excellent tips and tricks! Victoria is coming along beautifully!
Beautiful work like always, Bob! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Turning out beautifully, Bob!
Your work is art. I admire your attention to detail. Watching many of your videos, I had the opportunity to gain knowledge helpful in renovating my old wooden yacht. Thank you and best regards.
Amazing quality work as always, that is beautiful too. It is great to see your careful attention to detail, whilst maintaining a decent work rate.
All the best from the U.K.
She looks great! This is definitely going to come in handy when I start refurbishing my little 8 ft fiberglass dinghy that was probably made in the 50s or 60s and had been sitting in a neighbor's yard for decades and in my yard for the past few years.
Superb, careful boatbuilding. Beautiful hull. I look forward to every episode. So glad you were tasked with this for Arabella's tender!
Beautiful boat, beautifully done video. Your work is impeccable. Thanks, Bob!
Excellent video, the fibre glassing, you made it look so easy. The tender is moving at a good pace and I sure Steve will be delighted when its finished.
I love your methodology! I don't seem to be able to duplicate it, but I love it! Craftsmanship at its highest level! Goodonyas!
Terrific job Bob.
So fun to see this getting done.
Thank you for posting it made my day.
Excellent solution. Very classy and functional.
Absolutely lovely. I look forward to seeing her float. Great instructional video about using epoxy. Thanks.
Great work Bob! She really looks good.
I love watching you work!
Super excited to see the progress! Thank You!
American workmanship at its finest!
She is coming right along and looking great.
What a great episode. Much accomplished and very satisfying to watch.
Brilliant episode yet again
Thank You For Making.... Our Pleasure... No Doubt!!!
Bob thank you for this great episode.
It's good to see master's at work great job guys
Nice work Mr. Emser. Sorry about my patience missing your airing of episode 15 last weekend. It was worth the wait. Great job 👍
Teachers are born, not made. Bob, you're a natural born teacher! Thanks!
Thank you for another enjoyable and enlightening video!
Neat! Hadn't come across this filling method before!
Looking so good! 😍
Very nice! I can hardly wait for the next episode.
Amazing job always fun to watch
Nice sharing rebuilt boat fibreglass ❤
Another great episode sir
Awesome work.
Looking better and better!
Thanks for your observations i was wondering about the second and third coats !!!!!!!😀
장인정신이네요.
very nice video
Well done
Can’t wait to see her finished.
Looking good Bob. My brother who was a professional painter told me to store your paint cans upside down, especially a few days or weeks before use. This way the solids end up on the lid, half mix themselves when you right the can, and don't have to be dredged off the bottom of the can in order to mix.
Simply amazing!
I have been following Arabella now for years. IThis is the first one of your pieces of that puzzle I have seen though. What a terrific job on all of it,. GREAT filming/ editing too!
She's really starting to look like a boat, Bob! Great stuff
Perfection. You never make mistakes.👏👏
Hi John,
I wish that was true. I just try to do my best.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
Waiting for Sunday Lunch; perfect! Always good for the soul if not for the appetite!....rr Normandy, Fra.
Fiberglass Cloth - YES this is the way to do it... You are spot on with using a roller to apply epoxy to and through the cloth. Pouring on and spreading with a scraper is NOT a good way, using a roller is by far the best way.
Excellent video👍
This will be the finest tender any cruiser has had.
Good video
Echo the tip on laying the fiberglass down dry. I made a go at placing mine wet. Sticky mess. Bubbles, creases, etc...Thanks Bob!
Hi Bob! I look forward to seeing you, thanks for sharing Victoria build. Mitch😊
While watching the last moments of Bob painting the hull, I see a small speck on the hull..... it took me a moment to realise that there was a speck on my screen.... but then since we know Bob is some kind of a pefectionist, this was the only thing that could have been the reason that I saw a speck in the first place. Beautyful work from Bob again.
Me too!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great video and tips. Thank you for that.
Perfectionist at work!
beautiful work
Great work
Bon et beau travail !!! Bravo !!!
Just lovely.
That was an extra good episode. Lots of solid content.
Thanks
I am already learning some new technique from this video.
Fantastic work, Bob! 😃
I should confess, I like wooden boats with the wood visible... But it's looking sweet with the primer!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Gracias por dejar ver su trabajo.Esta quedando hermoso.bendiciones.
un placer, gracias por ver
Great Video !
Way to go! Looks great.
You stay so clean.
Parabéns pelo capricho
Looks great.
Fascinating!
Just amazing!
I love what you do.
Awesome love the videos as always
Dog gone it Bob that is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work, Bob.
very nice work
Victoria is looking really nice. 😀👍
Beautiful
Early coffee. I'm thrilled.
Wow I’m learning well from you sir 👍thanks for teaching so well 🤗 regards Bobbyash
Brilliant.👍
I'm looking forward to learning what manner of beast an 'out whale' is ;)
Also seeing the inside will be exciting for me. It's such a beautiful shape.
The wonders of boat building seem deep and bountiful, I love it!
The gunwales (pronounced gunnel) of a boat are reinforcing strips of wood that run on the inside and outside of the top of the boat to give it strength and rigidity. Otherwise the side of the boat would flex too much. The outwale is the outside gunwale.
@@dilboat Thank you kindly, well explained. So not even related to the whale then :)
One of the wonders of naval heritage would definitely be the wordage (etymology).
Hello,Bob! As always perfect! I wish you all the best!
Fastidious in such a good way! Excellent episode
Perfection!
Thank you for your video I liked it ,yes I will see for next video.
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful work, Bob. It is coming along nicely. But from someone who has breathed in much too much dangerous stuff in my shop, I do however find it hard to watch you sand without a mask and brush all that dust into the air rather than vacuum it up.
Hello, Good Job
Nice!