How to Repair a Fiberglass Hole, Waterproof (in Bathtube)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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Here's an attempt to repair a hole in fiberglass. This is in a bathtub, but the same type of repair should work for some other fiberglass items. This product is best for horizontal surfaces, not vertical. Find on Amazon:
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Devcon Epoxy Bathtub Repair Kit is the product I used. 
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why would you post a video of you fucking up? You use j&b plastic weld. It a putty and it won't run. then you paint it with epoxy chip repair paint. both found at lowes or home depot. www.lowes.com/pd_556899-81288-8237_0__?productId=50149638 and www.lowes.com/pd_173735-1168-2164___?productId=3166091&pl=1&Ntt=porcelain+chip+repair
ohmusicsweetmusic Thanks
The company should have put a spreader in the kit
You did not show the finished product after you sanded it. Left us hanging.
I would be worried that sanding it could cause leaking, I more worried about mold growing from the problem than the aesthetically pleasing look, I wouldnt have to sand it if I didnt want to? Right? Just wondering?
Wax paper smoothed out make a good finish with less sanding. Use a plastic or wood roller to smooth out .
Great idea!
You had me going there for a while...
I've seen this done and they put a semi rigid clear plastic patch over the whole repair and you sort of squeegee it flat. Once dry, you remove the plastic and lightly sand.
great suggestion!
Thank you for that suggestion. It's a great idea.
Wow, glad I read the comments, I'm going to fix mine this weekend. I have a small whole in my shower floor
Thanks for the video Mike my hole is in the bottom so I don't anticipate the patch moving at all your idea pointed me in the right direction to fix the hole....
It looks awful. I'd keep looking for something better. This is an unacceptable patch. Maybe something less liquid would work better - something with a more putty-like consistency?
Thanks for making the video. It taught me how to not make the same mistake.
Whatever you do don't take up cooking
Hah! You liked the product? Really? If you used fiberglass resin and the hardener with the fiber sheet you get a whole quart of the stuff and its sandable... and stays where you put it.. then you buy the 2$ tub epoxy touch up paint with the part a and b... like 20$ total.
Use peice of plastic wrap directly over it, and then a larger peice of tape to keep it as flat and even as possible.
It looks awful!!!
FOR $12 get another kit and sand that mess off of there so it’s flat then DO IT AGAIN now that you learned what to expect😳 you can make that so that its damn hard to find😃
For $12 and an hour of your own time the next time you do that mix just a little bit of the resin and saturate the small piece of fiberglass cloth on a piece of cardboard saturated completely and then stick it on over your whole spread it out nice with a putty knife or a popsicle stick to the corner everything is flat blended in with the surface around it as best you can let that hard then put on one or two coats or maybe even three coats of the resin A little bit at a time sand between coats and it will look just like the day you bought it when you’re done! Thanks for the video
Ditch the background music.
Great job!!! You barely can tell there was a hole there.
lmao.... ohhhh you got me! priceless
This is more of a product demo. Do not use this method to fix your tub unless you want a messy looking repair.
Your fiberglass patch was way too small. you should have at least had 1"-2"overhang around the hole. Then you could have filled the hole and feathered it out.
That's an awful product for what I see. You did everything that you needed to do, and the result was terrible. I bought this kit and decided to find a video about it, and now I'm very hesitant about using it.
What's the point if you don't show the finished product!!
This was very informative bc I just bought this & I’m a little concerned about it.
well first I would have cut a circle instead of a rectangle then i would have taken the circle and put it in the mixture cot it coated then placed it over the hole.. then continued to cover the hole in tube
Not a bad job, this job is a job of patience, its like cooking a home cooked meal, you cant leave the scene, you have to multitask and get back to priorities. I would recommend using cardboard or wax paper and duck tape from the top side and bottom side to prevent the leakage. Better yet, use 4 pieces of cardboard box to contain the area of the whole, (NSEW) then remove them before sanding. Then put the waxpaper over the fiber glass and use a wooden roller to get a smooth repair. I also recommend using 2 to 2 1/2 sheets of fiberglass to ensure that the repair is balanced. The key to this entire repair is using a good amount of fiberglass epoxy, but not using so much that you'll sand for an hour by hand or 25 minutes with tools. Simply put, you gotta eyeball it every 5 to 10 minutes for at least an hour.
It looks horrible. That's not looking like something I would want to do.
Thanks for taking the time to post. There are always morons who have to "armchair" everything someone does. My two cents would be to consider sanding the area out @ least 2 inches in all directions for a little better repair coverage, and then masking tape off the areas surrounding the area you don't want resin run-off. Give repair 4-5 days to completely cure, and CAREFULLY sand with a pneumatic automotive sander, then remove the tape (you may need to use several different sandpaper grits to fine tune your repair). Things should blend in better if sanded very carefully then by using a rubber hand sanding block if needed. Once again, thanks for taking the time to share your repair.
Wait....you are calling others morons who have to "armchair" eveything. You then proceed to inform the poster what and how to do it better. Are you calling yourself a moron? If not; let me do it for you......moron.
☝️ This guy - "There are always morons who have to "armchair" everything someone does."
Then proceeds to write an entire page of how to do this better from his armchair. Thus, literally "armchairing" the guy.
Me - people are retarded
That's nasty poor job😂😂
dude!! FAIL
use wax paper to cover and smooth after application to keep in place and minimize any sanding .
Thanks bro. I will take your advice when I repair my tube. Bitcoin is looking pretty good right now. Coinbase,,, You can thank me later in 2021 when you are rich...
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awful!!!
1 of the worst "how to" videos ive ever seen, congratulations.
This is a great video for the do it yourselfer. I used this product several times about five years ago an needed a refresher video. My shower enclosure has cracked three times on the bottom. My fixes have held up 100% but I get cracks in new places. Probably the builder didn't put enough support below. I'm not worried about how it looks. I just don't want it to leak. If I wanted a perfect appearance, I'd hire a professional. This product and your video are just what I needed. Thank you for posting it!
Drill holes first then put low expanda foam in remember to tape your hole's so foam does not go all over your shower bowl then use epoxies
F+, barely.
U needed alot more sanding n buffing lol
now you got a bigger repair lol
could of let it set before applying , maybe that would help it from running down the tub.
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Wax paper for a vertical, cut out a piece a 1/4 " bigger than the hole then tape it to the bottom side of the hole add the Epoxy cover and tape it closed,
Thanks mike.You gave me a good idea of what to expect when repairing a fb tub.
fix some baby power with it
Wow I waited for the final touch up finish, not impressed, it looks terrible I rather use duct tape
Wax paper to smooth, 600 grit wet sand, then use a small buffer and rubbing compound to feather it in to the rest of the tub.
Take note people. This is describes how to take it where the video repair left off and to make it look good.
If you want to know more info about repairing tubs have a look at doing fiberglass boat repairs because the process is the same. The only difference with this video is that it's about a ready-made kit for doing the repair rather than buying way to much product that would be involved in doing boat repairs.
Great video! Thanks!
could you have covered the patch with clear plastic packaging tape to hold everything in place? Make sure the tape adheres to the area below the patch and push everything up as you adhere the tape.
Clark Grizwald repairs tub! Nice job.
All you need is some Bondo-Glass. It's fiberglass reinforced Bondo (the green stuff). Just mix the Bondo with some hardner and fill the hole. Let dry for a half day or longer, sand and paint and your done. These fix it kits are a little excessive.
FAIL!
Wow, not sure why so many people are mad at you but I liked the video. You made it obvious and clear that the product was difficult to work with on a vertical surface. The video showed how the epoxy bonded. Not sure some of the ideas below would work like using plastic to squeegee it flat? I would assume the plastic would be glued to it permanently or make the hole worse when you try to remove it? So not sure I would do that? Perhaps masking tape and peel it of when it starts to harden but wait too long and you have tape glued to the surface permanently. In the end your repair works and doesn't look that terrible.
I like that this is white and smooth, needs no sanding or painting. For small holes and cracks or chips it looks like a great product and I liked the video, so screw the haters below!
My thoughts are there is a better product for our Gel Coat tub we bought called "GCP Tub & Shower Repair Kit". It uses a Gel-Coat Putty. Blue. & yellow box. GCP stands for Gel Coat Products. Fiberglass tubs are made with a Gel Coat. The contents of the GCP kit are Gel-Coat Putty, Hardener, Applicator Stick, #400 & #600 grit Sandpaper & Polishing Compound. The product in this vid simply seems to be 5-minute Epoxy, similar if not same product we used for building Remote Controlled aircraft. Problems with Epoxy is evident (runs) & it breaks down over time with moisture. Also I know 1st hand 5-minute Epoxy if not mixed correctly is faulty from the get-go. Was crazy to watch gravity cause the Epoxy to run on this vid. 2 hacks that came to mind if you're bent on Epoxy -you can spray the back of the fiberg cloth with Elmers Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. Hopefully that should keep it in place. For the gravity-running problem you can build a 'catch-it dam' to catch the runoff, using tape & perhaps a u-channel piece of plastic (anything to make a 90° dam), U see where I'm going with this.
It doesn't look any better on a flat surface. I suppose for sealing purposes it works, but looks awful! I tried it on a sink top and it looks awful. The chips in the top looked better than the repair. Wish I had left it alone.
Maybe add a little apoxy first then the patch then more apoxy idk maybe the patch would stay in it's place .. idk
Finish the job dude. Thumbs down.
Looks awful, thanks
All you had to do was remove the tub and flip it up on its side ;-)
That was a good attempt. As ugly as it may look, if it sealed, that's all that counts. The price of the repair kit sure beats buying a new tub.
The only suggestion I would have, which is something you probably thought of, would be to wait until the product started hardening up, then start applying it, but your timing has to be just right for that.
Sure would have been nice to be able to get at the bottom of the tub. I might try pulling off this patch and use another product I came across.
Would the repair last longer if I were to fix it from underneath the tub like you were saying? Would I need to do both sides as shown in this video? I dont want to replace my RV tub just yet, Im looking for an affordable easy fix until im ready to replace it, its very hard to get under neath my tub from the side panel its almost boxed in with no access (where its leaking underneath) Thanks for any advice, Im moving out of my house back into my RV in one month and its a must to repair the sunk in hole before I move back into it.
What is the name of the product? Thanks- just looking on here for anyone who has experience with the best longest temporary fix for an RV bathtub as mine is very hard to remove it to replace it. Its not expensive its very hard and akward to remove it I would have to hire someone to do it. The labor is what costs the most $$
Ya, he knows Eddie, Eddie Pillbelly, do you?
IMO the epoxy is too runny.
What I would recommend, is to cut out the damaged part with a dremel (or similar) cutting tool, use a power sander (or even maybe an angle grinder) to remove some material, at least through the gel coat. Insert a support block of some kind in the hole - this will serve as "formwork" for the new patch. Then build up with several layers of cloth. Then sand over a much larger area and use some filler (ino americans like to call it bondo) over it. Paint with gelcoat or epoxy - whatever fits...
If done right, this should be close to or even 100% flush to the surrounding surface. You don't need access to the back of the panels to do this.
Bur of course, this is a way more complicated operation than this video aims for :), so if it does the job, nice.
It's generally a bad idea to not sand through to the fiberglass imo because you never know if u missed something. Damage may be larger than you see on the surface.
But to be able to fix fiberglass panels on site is a good thing :) hehe. I have a large tub in my 2nd floor. I ordered it, went to the store and picked it up on my trailer, unpacked it, and got it into my hall where the stairs is. This is an old house, not very big space where I needed to get it up to the 2nd floor. And I quickly realized it didn't fit. So here I was - with an expensive tub, unpacked, I had taken off a lot of hardware from it to minimize the size, and it didn't even go further than the bottom of the stairs before I couldn't drag it along any longer. :). A little desperate I quickly realized it was not an option to go back to the store with it - as it was unpacked and I had picked parts of it.
So I eneded up taking off the railing on the staircase (a pretty big operation for my stairs (and top that with having to make new railing afterwards). Then I got it upstairs - if it was a hair bigger, it would not go up there - and I would take out the stairs too hehe - I was willing to do anything to get it up there. But one thing is sure - I will NEVER get it down from there, coz I'm not builing new railings one more time hehehe. So if it ever cracks, I WILL have to repair it on site :).
This was totally ridiculous and a complete waste of anyones time watching. It was a mess and clearly you couldn't fix it correctly or the video would have ended with a FINISHED result instead of a F****** MESS!!! TIP HERE WOULD BE... STOP TRYING TO MAKE HOME IMPROVEMENT VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! AND FYI... I am not a person who EVER leaves a bad comment on anyones videos but OMG!!!
Anne Cavalier ~ Well geez Anne, tell people how you REALLY feel on here lol. Could you be a bit LESS CAVALIER next time smdh......maybe try NOT to be so harsh on the guy who made this video, ssheeesshhh......
I am looking for a porcelain and fiberglass repair company which can provide great work at an affordable cost. Can someone please help?
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btw the I believe the best STRONGEST epoxy gives you LOTS of time to work! half hour even no problem...5 minute epoxy I would NEVER use on anything I care about other than ornamental stuff...
Water weld. Cheaper, easier, stronger.
Wonder if he's a surgeon
atleast there will be no leaks in the tub now😁
Its almost perfect but to make it look a little bit better, nail a piece of wood to it. Great job though.
Lol? Wtfudge 😆
Is this on the tub floor
I wasn’t happy with that.i certainly won’t be buying that
Lol
How do I fix a scratch on my tub?
You gotta break the piece out and then put in back in the hole with some tongue depressors behind it. When the piece is glued back in, then you may put the patch over the hole. It won't work if you don't break the piece out, or something like that.
" Wow! a "Bathtube"! I picture a large diameter tube rather than a "BathTUB" with a ladder to get down into it? "Bathtube"....hmmm
somewhere between stupid and lame
If anyone wants to know how it's done by a real professional, let me know. I do 4-6 of these(some smaller, some larger) per day. Trust me this is not how it needs to turn out, and if you know what you're doing, 90% of the time it will look like nothing was ever there.
...and yet...no video link. Help some people out.
I have a similar crack, please let me know how to do it. Thanks!
Next time put tape around the hole so that doesn’t happen
Brutal..
How long does this last? I need something for the sagging and small hole in my RV bathtub about the size of 5inch by 5 inch- until I can replace the entire tub. I am 5"2 and weigh 115 lbs and can avoid standing on the damaged area so that it doesnt get worse but, my husband is 200 lb and cant avoid it and now there is a very small hole in the middle as to where the water is leaking underneath that area now im really concerned about mildew growing under neath there,this is how i found your video for help. Is this something that will work for this size and how long will it last? taking showers on it everyday? Thanks for any advice from anyone!
Sandra Sansone-Reed hi Sandra your best bet is to get a hold of a tub refinishing company in your area I've been doing tub refinishing for 10 years I have my own business these products do not last long and the color white usually turns to a yellow and depending on the crack and you say your husband is 200 lb it may have to be reinforced from underneath before you fix the crack I hope that helps you
Wow that's the end product!
Add baking soda and super glue
Lay off the soy.....
Hi Mike ...
Like the fast forward,thanks SUBSCRIBED!
use bondo
Thank you
Are you his brother?
Eddie Pillbelly?
Good work other than the dripping of material. what I would recommend to avoid it would be to let the epoxy dry just a bit before applying it to surface.
Duh and didn't mix all of products . Had some left in package
Thank you. This is the best tub fix it video I've found. And I've been browsing for one that fit my situation. Cheers!🍻
Honey are you drunk
do you know eddie?
Or DIY
Thank you, this is very helpful!
This guy does not know what the Fk he is doing.
Thank you for showing the kit NOT to buy.
how not to repair a hole in z bath tub
Pretty ugly patch on the shower....I would have used another product or thrown away the shower.
Eddie probably helped him on that, Eddie Pillbelly....do you know Eddie too..
Thanks. Dad told me to learn from instruction, that way I can learn how to do it in the future, but I told my dad.. RUclips vid is better to see first hand what to do. Thanks. Almost confused fiberglass or sand lol. Whew awesome guide!
you yourself should have watched some videos on how to work with fiberglass before you did that repair I hope that wasn't a customer of yours
Thank you 10000000000 ❤️
A total pigs ear of a fix. Where was the masking tape? If you put masking tape arounf the hole, the mess you made would be much easier to rectify!
what do you think about using the Flex Seal for this problem?
I used $100 worth of flex products to fix my pool and im still very upset with the company. I recomend throwing flex producta in the trash. That is the only thing i would recomend doing with flex products.
Seems too runny and messy. Our crack is a couple of stress crack lines in the bottom of the bath. No idea where they came from. It’s like something has pushed from the other side 🤷🏻♂️. They stick up funny enough very strange.