I had the privilege of meeting Captain Joe today at the boat ramp. What a great guy with a boat that's even more awesome in person! Not many people would say "jump on board" and take the time to really show me the Buskens 2900! What a ride! I can't say enough about Joe's level of kindness and passion for his craft. Thanks Captain Joe, you really turned my day around. If you're reading this and on the fence about subscribing, click the button and support something that great!
Man, it was my pleasure meeting you today! Just wish I had more time to visit with you, but glad you got to get behind the wheel of the 2900 and take her for a spin! That put a smile on my face seeing your reaction to the ride.Hope to talk or visit again soon, and thank you very much for watching, and your nice comment on the channel!
Captain Joe, This is an awesome series!! I've been on the road, so I "Binge Watched" the six episodes, over the weekend. This is a great series to binge watch, due to the progression of the episodes. I need to get started on my project's transom, but this series, makes me want to stop and build a mold for something...HA! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us DIY'ers! Lastly, a Big Shout Out to Logan! His camera work adds so much to your channel! The lighting is always spot on. His ability to capture the details while you work, really aids in presenting the technical aspect of the project. What a GREAT channel!
Wow, thank you very much for your comment! It means alot to me and Logan, and I will be sure to tell him what you said about his camera work. Glad the videos are entertaining and helpful to you all and I really appreciate you watching!
In addition to you being a teacher, you have the attention to detail to be an outstanding Industrial Engineer. I have be one for over 30 years. Or a continuous improvement engineer. I still vote for a "small creek/river boat" project. Small enough to fit in a truck bed but light enough for on person to handle. Trolling motor or a 5hp motor.
Very nice videos. Grate job! Do you have any video of a repararion of a crah in a hull. Thanks. Regards from Spsin. I am sanding much to start a reparation in my sail boat Jeanneau
@@FishBumpTV thanks much for your words and time. I am repairing a crash with the keel on a rock, and lamination brocken. I am repairing first from the inside. Sanding IS very huge work 🤦
@@FishBumpTV Sorry for the issues Joe . You are the man Joe love the videos and I’m sharing posting and telling and telling everyone about the videos hoping your channel blows up
Making molds for CF motorcycle and car parts. Watched each of your videos multiple times. Appreciate the videos. It be helpful to add waiting times between and steps for us newbies.
Just had to repatch previous damage to the keel of my 1964 Astro glass, added a keel guard to protect it from further damage. Hopefully I’ll get to start my boat in the near future.
What a great example of craftsmanship and toooons of patience 👍🏻 Thanks a lot, Captain Joe - very illustrative and comprehensive! Greetings from Russia. We, Russian fishermen, have a saying: wishing you no tail-fin and no fish-scale - stands for your "tight lines" English version. All the best 2 U and Yr family! 🫱🏻🫲🏼
I used my cup gun, with several different nozzle sizes, for re-gelcoating my 20'er transom after major screw hole repairs. It lays it on thick, but only smooth on the OTHER side, LOL! I must have sanded half of that gelcoat off. I've since got a HVLP gun with a 2.5 nozzle. Before I came across your channel, I made a mold for a transom body livewell for my 26'er. It has a base which fits into the floorboar drain system, flanged sides which are angled to meet the transom slope and curve, and slips under the gunnel cap. It took a long time, and the difficulty was enhanced exponentially by my failure to make a plug first. I had to do a bit of fairing on bottom underside to match the floorboard height. The top, hatch and actual baitwell tank comes next, but I'm definately going to make the molds from a plug! Thanks!!!
I’m currently working on the restoration of a 1978 Dixie 18ft center console with the original 78 Evinrude 115 that runs smooth as silk. Last year’s project was a 14ft jet boat. My wife and I are working our way up to a trawler to cruise the Great Loop. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
@FishBumpTV Thanks for providing all this great information Your channel is awesome. I'm new to voting. And i'm looking into what type of fuel additives to use when folks are forced to run Gas that includes ethanol. It might be nice if you guys did a video going over what the best options are
Just want to say A Big Big Thank you to you Mr Captain Joe. I'm from England, and building a 30 foot cabin cruiser. I have learnt So much from your Excellent tutorials. You are very clear and give great advise. You give a great explanation on everything along with the Pros & Cons of the stuff you are working with. Please keep up the good work. The 29 is fantastic. If you ever come over to England, look me up... there will be a lovely hot cup of Tea waiting for ya...... Oh.... and a Roller and can of Resin..... 🤣🤣 😊👍
Wow, what a nice comment! I am glad you are enjoying the channel and finding the videos to be helpful! Haha, I would love to visit someday, and yes, I would be happy to bring my fiberglass supplies!!
Captain Joe... you rock! Another excellent video for all of us DIYers! Keep up the great work! My sailboat will be much happier for it! All the best from California! 💛
I would agree with the starter pack or packages for a certain size boat. In the same format as a cooking show, you have a list of the ingredients, then a method of details step by step and the video of captain Joe doing it at your own speed.
Joe, honestly, everything about your channel is awesome. I do appreciate you and your family-crew. I’m up to ep15 on your boat build series and have a design question regarding displacement and material weight. I’m sure there is so much margin/safety factor that you don’t have to worry about it day to day across the build and that margin allows for addition & beef-it-up changes as you go. But all those 55 gal and 1 gallon drums, bolts of cloth, pounds of stainless screws and bronze and sheets of cousa add up. Massive fuel tank, live wells. I wondered if you could do a short video that speaks to design, displacement, materials weight tracking, and placement of weight. I’m sure the fuel tank, when topped up helps stability and its baffles help as she empties but I’m sure there’s more nuance to all of it. You have a manner of delivery that just packs useful detail in, while covering broad topics. That’s hard snd u crush it. Thanks so much
Wow, thank you so much! I am seriously thinking of doing a custom skiff build this winter, and that might be a great time to talk about some of our design perimeters and weight distribution in boat design.I really appreciate the suggestion and your comment!
@@FishBumpTVI was thinking about that same thing he mentioned the other day when I was watching the episode of the boat when you put the three different holes in the live wells at different levels. I thought ahh I bet it's serving more than one purpose, one for the bait/ fish holding tank but also ballast where you can to an to an extent put more water in or take out to adjust the weight distribution if necessary. I hadn't seen it in the smaller 22ft bay boats that I have had and thought at times it would have been nice to be able to adjust it without swapping drain tubes or modifying them to where you can't go back from later. Definitely was a great idea.
I am rebuilding a 22' x 8' bay boat fixing week spots on bow and cracks new gel coat on flooring spraying gel coat on sides watching you has helped me so much THANK YOU keep up good work.
Here in Europe, France 🇫🇷 🐸 Thank you for what you are doing and sharing it with all of us. You not only know what you are talking about but you sound to be a great guy, passionate 👍🏻 Thank you again and God bless you and all your family ✨
You mentioned in the video about liking to hear about the range of projects people are working on. I'm researching fiberglass mold making in preparation of making some replacement scenic pieces for a carnival ride we are restoring.
I just wanted to say that I love your videos! The attention to detail you put into each one is incredible, and the content is simply awesome. Your work is one of the main reasons I watch RUclips and even pay for a membership. I truly hope you get more sponsorships to continue the fantastic work you're doing. By the way, I used one of those guns back in the day. Let's just say, it lays down some material very quickly! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the great job in explaining the details of this very difficult discipline. I really love all you videos for the amount of hints. I'm trying to build the basket of the external drawer (85x44 roughly) of my motorhome. I'm building the mold with plywood and polistirene. I just have to decide on how to finish the mold, to better separate from the gelcoat of the real part. Epoxy, gelcoat, regular paint (achrilic). For sure I would like to use vinylester tooling gelcoat as a first layer on the part. Thanks capt Joe for all you do to explain. Rob
Haha, yep! It is just a very busy time of the year for me, and we also had internet upload issues with the video this week. We worked hard to get the video up by the weekend, and not disappoint you all! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!
Valuable lesson here great video. I have that same inexpensive little gun the ES G100, which works great for gellcoating a mold to plug and just laying down resin, the small cups are a pain but a larger amount would harden before you empty the cup. The better continuous pot-fed guns cost thousands and are for big gellcoat jobs, laying glass and spraying for extended periods, they have somewhat of a steep learning curve.
I just bought the boat I always wanted since I was a kid. Sea Ray Ski Ray! I’ll be taking up part of the back floor for sure and possibly a stringer… I’ve loved and learned so much from you so far! Great videos!
Capt Joe Fish bump family love the video content really appreciate the homemade filler recipes that helps so much for us Diyers anytime you want to share keep um coming and again thank y'all for your time and knowledge moving forward Fish bump family Awesome 👍
I have a really old boat called the rescue ranger because at 7 I would go out on the lake and take broken down boats to their dock. I'm slowly accumulating everything I need and your videos are very helpful. I'm going to start sometime this summer and try to get it on the water next year because I have no idea what I'm doing. Lmao Thanks for the info! - Rich from Ohio
Thanks Joe. It took a good day for us to "see" part6. Even though the play list showed 6 episodes, only five were accessible until now. Joe, great series, I would like to know just a little more about the release system between plug and mould: was it just wax? and how many coats; any chemical release as well?
Glad you are enjoying the series! I applied 7 coats of the Orca shimmer mold release wax, nothing else. I try to make the videos very detailed and accurate, so what you see on the video, is the process I used. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
PS I stayed up til 2:30am watching your program on how to build molds.. I'd love to see how to take the mold off the plug, can you show that in another episode? Thanks!
I have a sailboat, but I'm not doing anything like this to it (at least not yet). I just think this is great to learn and having a great time watching!
I'm so glad to catch your channel Joe! Were trying to get ready to build a hard top for our beast of a sailboat wheelhouse. The overall unit will be 12' x 11', At present it's a hard dodger/windshield joined to a bimini getting old. Were in the Pacific North West. So weather is wet. your use of plywood and polyester priming has helped my wife understand its ok to use. THanks So Much!!! Marc & Paty P.S. your 29 footer looks bullet proof!🤠
Need to try you one of the 3M Accuspray HGP guns. It pressurizes the reservoir and pushes the gel coat to the gun. The disposable tips are wonderful. They do beautiful work too. Be sure it is the HGP gun and not the Performance gun which is the newer model that is gravity fed.
I plan on getting one soon. Just using what I already have right now. I could spend about every dollar I make on new tools and shop supplies if I don't watch it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Joe, you definitely make it look easy. Ill be making RC Helicopter Rotor Blades and a mold. Great material. Really appreciate your time making these videos.
i do vacuum molding for the interior parts of sprinter vans…these videos have saved my butt multiple times lol we deal with high heat on our fiberglass molds and we always run into problems with the fiberglass cracking or developing bubbles…thank you so much for your wisdom! keep it up
Another excellent video! I really like all the tips such as how to stage your work. I've never done any fiberglass work but watching your videos is giving me the confidence that it's something I can handle. I'd really like the starter kit that you said you're thinking of putting together, that would be a tremendous help to all of us who are wanting to start working with fiberglass.
Great video! Core mat is new for me. I've used thin foam (sure miss Clark foam) as a buffer and build material, but I will certainly look into this product.
Thank you Joe for the step by step instructional video. Really appreciate the explanations and all the extra effort. I've been wanting to build molds for a modernized BD-5B aircraft. Your videos are a great addition to my understanding of the different resins and methods. Thank you.
I’m about to paint my 96 Donzi 212 medallion. Using sapphire blue interlux bright side. I probably should have went for gel coat but I wanted to get out on the water. Gel coat eventually. Thanks for the videos ☝️💜💫
Thanks for sharing you knowledge and expertise with us it is much appreciated. I have been following you series and look forward to seeing the first finished hardtop you pull from this mould. Thanks again
I think a kit would be awesome. What would be really cool is if there was a substrate included with directions on how to glass it. Could even have different levels of difficulty. I would sponsor someone a kit.
Hopefully the mold building series will help shed some light on the process for you! As always I appreciate you watching and commenting on the channel!
Hi, Fantastic vidieos. I am contemplating setting up a male mold, upside down and using Foam boards, lay these and secure them over the temp mold for a one off boat, then understand what is best to glass over the top and what the best glass to use, to get the best finish to try and redice the Sanding, Gelcoating, Sanding and finishing. Russ
That could be done. That's basically how I did it on my previous boat. The wood jig for that is in the background in the mold series videos. I might make some videos on doing it that way in the future. Thanks for watching!
Joe, How do you deal with moisture in the lines due to such high humidity? I’m in Arkansas and deal with this all the time! I put loop’s in my air lines with drains at the bottom of the loop.This helps but doesn’t eliminate it all. I’m thinking of building a water cooler like a guy did in a video. Thanks for the video! You’re doing a great job with the how to step by step process of making a mold!
Glad you are enjoying the videos! I run inline water traps, drain the compressor daily, and purge the lines very well before I spray something that is important. Moisture can still be an issue sometimes, just part of living in a humid climate I guess! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Another good video Capt Joe. This series is giving me a lot of pointers for me to start building layout boat hulls for hunting. I was wondering how do you know that the hull or mold is thick enough and if there is a general rule of thumb for that. Thanks
Thanks, glad you are enjoying the videos! I didn't design this plug mold to be an actual usable part, but it could be done that way. It would just take more work on the plug building side of things.
Rusty from Alabama, i am starting a pilot house on a pontoon boat. i need light wieght (as i am removing wieght from boat to account for the top) trting to figure my material types as marine plywood is way to heavy.
Hi Rusty, I appreciate you watching! Foam core construction is pretty hard to beat when it comes to strength to weight ratios. I like the Airex or Divinycell for lightweight foam cores, but Coosa board makes a 15 pound density panel that might be an option for you. It's also made right here in Alabama, so availability shouldn't be a problem. We used Coosa board exclusively in the build of our 29ft center console, and show tips and techniques for working with it in the 29 build series of videos. If you call Coosa, tell them that Capt Joe with fish bump tv on RUclips sent ya! I hope the videos help and I wish you all the best with your pilot house!
So that first red gel coat will be the inside layer of final mold and the wooden braces will be part of the new top too?? Just trying to understand where the plug ends and the molded part begins! Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
The red gelcoat is the mold, the wood is the plug. They will be separated, then the mold will be prepped to build the actual part. I will show every step of the process for you all, so hopefully it all make sense by the end of the series. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Captain Joe, I enjoy watching all of your videos as well as appreciate all of the information you share. I am replacing the floor in a 15 foot boat, that I own, and was interested in the mix you made with the laminating resin and the 406 silica. Is that a mixture I could use to fill the small gaps where the floor meets the inside of the boat?
Glad you are enjoying the channel! Yes, you could use a mixture like that for filling small gaps or cracks. I usually like to add some milled fibers or some short strand fiberglass into the mix if you want to add strength for a more structural application. I have a video on the channel where I add different materials to epoxy resin to make different fillers. It might be helpful and give you some ideas for you project. Thanks for watching!
It would have been very helpful if you could have said something about your spray gun setup and pressure you use. Also whether it could have been rollered/painted on?
I'm building a 23 ft boat from plans out of wood. It is an American spin-off of a panga. I have built the same boat on a smaller scale. The plans call for 6oz woven. On the first boat , it was hard to hide where the cloth overlapped. What would you suggest to remedy this without many hours of sanding. Love the channel. Thanks again from Florida.
The resin starts to cure as soon as you add the mekp. It takes time to mix in the silica, so that means you have less working time with the materials if you add the mekp first. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Hi Joe, You are south of the USA. A very, very humid region. Working with Gelcoat in these conditions is quite tricky. I’m in the province of Quebec north of your country and right now USA “shipped” to us a humid air. I won’t do any Gelcoat for the next three days until fresh and more dry air will come. How do you manage this issue of humidity?
Glad you are enjoying the videos! I grew up doing gelcoat and fiberglass work in this region, so I am just used to working with high humidity. Some good water traps in your air lines are a necessity, and making sure your surface is dry before application. Other than that we have to just work with what the weather gives us or we would not be able to get much done at all. I hope this helps and I wish you the best with your projects!
Thank you for answering to my interrogation about working Gelcoat, polyester and other resins in a humid environment. And yes, it’s very useful to see how different approach could help. Several years ago, a professional, like you, told me that in humid conditions, he does a big splash of acetone on the surface to catch up the humidity. Thank you again
Thanks again capt. Joe great job I’ve never used a cup gun have sprayed gel ct. on repair jobs (minimally) using 2.5 nzl , with a cup gun what pressure are you shooting with? Also I’ve see the 3m gun a lot of guys talk about have u ever used 1 & what r your thoughts on the 2 guns ? I know cup gun is a lot cheaper, thanks again and great job
Glad you are enjoying the videos! The cup gun is good for high volume, but not the most precise. So I like it for applying gelcoat on molded parts and surfaces, but that is about all I use it for. I don't have a 3.0 cup gun personally, but I could see it being a nice addition to the other gelcoat rigs I have. Maybe a video just on that topic would be helpful to you all. I have a adjustable pressure valve right at the spray rig, so I can adjust as needed according to conditions. This is a big help and I highly recommend it. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Hi Joe. Great video series. Really informative and helpful. Thanks. I am about to attempt to make a wave paddle for a hydrodynamics lab in college and was thinking of going down the fibreglassing route. I was going to just make a mold out of plywood, glass and tooling gel. But maybe I should go the plug route first. It's a oneoff application though. Also do you have any videos in your series where you apply structural stringers to the iside of a gelcoated item?
Thanks for watching! There can be pros and cons to doing it either way. Of course if you only need one part you might just want to go directly to building it with structural grade materials. I don't think that I have any videos of bonding stringers in other than on our epoxy and plywood mock up stringer and transom video. I do have a project boat that we Wil be installing stringers, transom, floors etc on and that may be helpful to you. So stay tuned!
Is there any way we can send pictures of our projects and to show you where we think we have problems, and that way you could give us a wee bit advice, I am in Scotland and I am trying to restore a FairLine Vixen 1979 she is a beauty and I want to do the right thing by her, but being disabled is a pain, my two sons are helping some times as they work and I occasionally get one of my Grandsons to help, thanks Joe would appreciate any advice watch you as much as I get time.
How much resin you have used on this core material.Its seemed to me not even close what it could soaked up.Becose what i have used core 5mm i use around nearly a 2 kg for every 1 sq m.Maybe i am wrong or used too much but that i sand edges it looked to me it did not even soked up what i used becose i used black resin .
I think it is a #6 tip, looks to be about 3/16 of an inch diameter at the tip. I usually run around 50 to 60 lbs of air to a adjustable valve right at the sprayer. Then I just adjust the valve as needed prier to spraying. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
I have a question I had a Catalina 30 in the late 70s and 80s when I purchased about used had quite a blistering problem in the gel coat sandblasted it off and came back with a west systems and they said the issue resulted from gases between gel coat and the fiberglass as it’s set up and cured is there any issues that would happen as you’re doing this molding process or is it only because the boat was on the water Do you have any similar issues or has it been taken care of with better products?
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience with the channel! Osmosis blisters typically only happen to boats that stay in the water for extended periods of time. So most trailer boats will never see that problem. Some of the better boat builders may use a vinyl ester skin coat in the mold. This is the layer just behind the gelcoat and acts as a moisture barrier to help prevent blisters. I hope this helps answer your question, and thanks for watching!
Haha! I have seen a few of those types of videos, and would agree that it looks pretty sketchy! Hopefully you all can pick up some good and useful tips from the videos we are putting out. Thanks for watching!
I had the privilege of meeting Captain Joe today at the boat ramp. What a great guy with a boat that's even more awesome in person!
Not many people would say "jump on board" and take the time to really show me the Buskens 2900!
What a ride!
I can't say enough about Joe's level of kindness and passion for his craft.
Thanks Captain Joe, you really turned my day around.
If you're reading this and on the fence about subscribing, click the button and support something that great!
Man, it was my pleasure meeting you today! Just wish I had more time to visit with you, but glad you got to get behind the wheel of the 2900 and take her for a spin! That put a smile on my face seeing your reaction to the ride.Hope to talk or visit again soon, and thank you very much for watching, and your nice comment on the channel!
I’m not surprised!
I've been watching at 1.5-2x speed and enjoying the non-edited reality of it all. Always nice to watch at master at his craft!
Great idea, thanks so much!
Captain Joe,
This is an awesome series!! I've been on the road, so I "Binge Watched" the six episodes, over the weekend. This is a great series to binge watch, due to the progression of the episodes. I need to get started on my project's transom, but this series, makes me want to stop and build a mold for something...HA! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us DIY'ers!
Lastly, a Big Shout Out to Logan! His camera work adds so much to your channel! The lighting is always spot on. His ability to capture the details while you work, really aids in presenting the technical aspect of the project.
What a GREAT channel!
Wow, thank you very much for your comment! It means alot to me and Logan, and I will be sure to tell him what you said about his camera work. Glad the videos are entertaining and helpful to you all and I really appreciate you watching!
In addition to you being a teacher, you have the attention to detail to be an outstanding Industrial Engineer. I have be one for over 30 years. Or a continuous improvement engineer.
I still vote for a "small creek/river boat" project. Small enough to fit in a truck bed but light enough for on person to handle. Trolling motor or a 5hp motor.
Wow, thanks so much! I appreciate the suggestion.
Very nice videos. Grate job! Do you have any video of a repararion of a crah in a hull. Thanks. Regards from Spsin. I am sanding much to start a reparation in my sail boat Jeanneau
Thanks! Sorry, there are no hull repair videos on the channel yet. As soon as I get a repair job like that, I will make a video for you all.
@@FishBumpTV thanks much for your words and time. I am repairing a crash with the keel on a rock, and lamination brocken. I am repairing first from the inside. Sanding IS very huge work 🤦
Good ole Joe is back been looking forward to the video
Haha, yes Sir! We had internet connection issues this week. Getting the video uploaded was a real pain! Sorry for the delay, but we got her done!
@@FishBumpTV Sorry for the issues Joe . You are the man Joe love the videos and I’m sharing posting and telling and telling everyone about the videos hoping your channel blows up
That was the perfect video to watch while slowly drinking my morning coffee. Thanks for lesson 👍
Haha, glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for watching!
Best boat building channel on youtube. Great work!
Wow, thanks! I really appreciate that!
Awesome stuff!!! Keep the content coming!!
Thanks! Will do!
As always.... another great video! 👍
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Making molds for CF motorcycle and car parts. Watched each of your videos multiple times. Appreciate the videos. It be helpful to add waiting times between and steps for us newbies.
Awesome! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
Just had to repatch previous damage to the keel of my 1964 Astro glass, added a keel guard to protect it from further damage. Hopefully I’ll get to start my boat in the near future.
Hope the videos help, and thanks for watching!
What a great example of craftsmanship and toooons of patience 👍🏻
Thanks a lot, Captain Joe - very illustrative and comprehensive!
Greetings from Russia. We, Russian fishermen, have a saying: wishing you no tail-fin and no fish-scale - stands for your "tight lines" English version.
All the best 2 U and Yr family! 🫱🏻🫲🏼
Many thanks! I really appreciate you watching all the way from Russia 🇷🇺
I used my cup gun, with several different nozzle sizes, for re-gelcoating my 20'er transom after major screw hole repairs. It lays it on thick, but only smooth on the OTHER side, LOL! I must have sanded half of that gelcoat off. I've since got a HVLP gun with a 2.5 nozzle.
Before I came across your channel, I made a mold for a transom body livewell for my 26'er. It has a base which fits into the floorboar drain system, flanged sides which are angled to meet the transom slope and curve, and slips under the gunnel cap. It took a long time, and the difficulty was enhanced exponentially by my failure to make a plug first. I had to do a bit of fairing on bottom underside to match the floorboard height. The top, hatch and actual baitwell tank comes next, but I'm definately going to make the molds from a plug! Thanks!!!
Very interesting! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I’m currently working on the restoration of a 1978 Dixie 18ft center console with the original 78 Evinrude 115 that runs smooth as silk. Last year’s project was a 14ft jet boat. My wife and I are working our way up to a trawler to cruise the Great Loop. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
Sounds like you have some cool projects going on. Thanks for watching!
@FishBumpTV Thanks for providing all this great information Your channel is awesome. I'm new to voting. And i'm looking into what type of fuel additives to use when folks are forced to run Gas that includes ethanol. It might be nice if you guys did a video going over what the best options are
I have always had good results with sea foam fuel additives. You might want to look into it, and give it a try.
The Bobby Flay of fiberglass and gel coat! Thanks 🙏
Wow, thanks!
Just want to say A Big Big Thank you to you Mr Captain Joe. I'm from England, and building a 30 foot cabin cruiser. I have learnt So much from your Excellent tutorials. You are very clear and give great advise. You give a great explanation on everything along with the Pros & Cons of the stuff you are working with. Please keep up the good work. The 29 is fantastic. If you ever come over to England, look me up... there will be a lovely hot cup of Tea waiting for ya...... Oh.... and a Roller and can of Resin..... 🤣🤣 😊👍
Wow, what a nice comment! I am glad you are enjoying the channel and finding the videos to be helpful! Haha, I would love to visit someday, and yes, I would be happy to bring my fiberglass supplies!!
Captain Joe... you rock! Another excellent video for all of us DIYers! Keep up the great work! My sailboat will be much happier for it!
All the best from California! 💛
Haha, thank you very much! Thanks for watching all the way from California!
So many different materials there, it would be nice to see on every 10 job logs, one fishing log. Dobar posao!
Great suggestion! Thanks for watching
Great video 👍👍
Thanks!
Great series, very useful
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching
I would agree with the starter pack or packages for a certain size boat. In the same format as a cooking show, you have a list of the ingredients, then a method of details step by step and the video of captain Joe doing it at your own speed.
Thanks for your thoughts and thanks for watching!
Your videos help me restore my old bay liner bass boat that had bad floors, etc. thanks a lot!
That's fantastic! Glad to help, and thanks for watching and commenting!
Joe, honestly, everything about your channel is awesome. I do appreciate you and your family-crew. I’m up to ep15 on your boat build series and have a design question regarding displacement and material weight. I’m sure there is so much margin/safety factor that you don’t have to worry about it day to day across the build and that margin allows for addition & beef-it-up changes as you go. But all those 55 gal and 1 gallon drums, bolts of cloth, pounds of stainless screws and bronze and sheets of cousa add up. Massive fuel tank, live wells. I wondered if you could do a short video that speaks to design, displacement, materials weight tracking, and placement of weight. I’m sure the fuel tank, when topped up helps stability and its baffles help as she empties but I’m sure there’s more nuance to all of it. You have a manner of delivery that just packs useful detail in, while covering broad topics. That’s hard snd u crush it. Thanks so much
Wow, thank you so much! I am seriously thinking of doing a custom skiff build this winter, and that might be a great time to talk about some of our design perimeters and weight distribution in boat design.I really appreciate the suggestion and your comment!
@@FishBumpTVI was thinking about that same thing he mentioned the other day when I was watching the episode of the boat when you put the three different holes in the live wells at different levels. I thought ahh I bet it's serving more than one purpose, one for the bait/ fish holding tank but also ballast where you can to an to an extent put more water in or take out to adjust the weight distribution if necessary. I hadn't seen it in the smaller 22ft bay boats that I have had and thought at times it would have been nice to be able to adjust it without swapping drain tubes or modifying them to where you can't go back from later. Definitely was a great idea.
I enjoy your channel. You remind me of my industrial arts teacher. You explain in detail each step. A natural craftsman and excellent teacher.
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that!
Hi Joe: Great work and channel. It's nice to learn from you.
Hey, thanks! I appreciate you watching!
I am rebuilding a 22' x 8' bay boat fixing week spots on bow and cracks new gel coat on flooring spraying gel coat on sides watching you has helped me so much THANK YOU keep up good work.
Sounds great! Thanks for watching!
LOVING THIS SERIES!
Haha, thank you!!
Thanks Captain Joe I’m really enjoying the mold making series thanks for your time and sharing your experience you’re an absolute legend 👍🇦🇺
You are very welcome! I am happy that I can share what I know with you all, and always appreciate you watching and your encouraging comments!
Here in Europe, France 🇫🇷 🐸
Thank you for what you are doing and sharing it with all of us.
You not only know what you are talking about but you sound to be a great guy, passionate 👍🏻
Thank you again and God bless you and all your family ✨
Wow, thank you for watching all the way from France 🇫🇷! Glad you are enjoying the videos and I really appreciate your comment!
Your awesome Joe
Thank you!!
You mentioned in the video about liking to hear about the range of projects people are working on. I'm researching fiberglass mold making in preparation of making some replacement scenic pieces for a carnival ride we are restoring.
Sounds like a interesting project! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just wanted to say that I love your videos! The attention to detail you put into each one is incredible, and the content is simply awesome. Your work is one of the main reasons I watch RUclips and even pay for a membership. I truly hope you get more sponsorships to continue the fantastic work you're doing.
By the way, I used one of those guns back in the day. Let's just say, it lays down some material very quickly!
Keep up the great work!
Wow, thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying the channel!
thanks for all these videos again, i done some boat building and surfboard shaping on and off and i dont think these videos could be any better
Thanks for the great job in explaining the details of this very difficult discipline. I really love all you videos for the amount of hints. I'm trying to build the basket of the external drawer (85x44 roughly) of my motorhome. I'm building the mold with plywood and polistirene. I just have to decide on how to finish the mold, to better separate from the gelcoat of the real part. Epoxy, gelcoat, regular paint (achrilic). For sure I would like to use vinylester tooling gelcoat as a first layer on the part. Thanks capt Joe for all you do to explain. Rob
Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for watching!
Joe, Worth the wait!
Thinking fishing must be good OR the next one is a stunner.
Always impressed.
Again Thanks
Haha, yep! It is just a very busy time of the year for me, and we also had internet upload issues with the video this week. We worked hard to get the video up by the weekend, and not disappoint you all! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!
Valuable lesson here great video. I have that same inexpensive little gun the ES G100, which works great for gellcoating a mold to plug and just laying down resin, the small cups are a pain but a larger amount would harden before you empty the cup. The better continuous pot-fed guns cost thousands and are for big gellcoat jobs, laying glass and spraying for extended periods, they have somewhat of a steep learning curve.
I agree! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Awesome teaching
Clear concise and informative
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just bought the boat I always wanted since I was a kid. Sea Ray Ski Ray! I’ll be taking up part of the back floor for sure and possibly a stringer… I’ve loved and learned so much from you so far! Great videos!
That's fantastic, I wish you the very best with your project!
Capt Joe Fish bump family love the video content really appreciate the homemade filler recipes that helps so much for us Diyers anytime you want to share keep um coming and again thank y'all for your time and knowledge moving forward Fish bump family Awesome 👍
Glad you enjoyed the vinyl Ester filler tips! As always I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Hey Joe Thankyou for ALL your Videos
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting!
I have a really old boat called the rescue ranger because at 7 I would go out on the lake and take broken down boats to their dock. I'm slowly accumulating everything I need and your videos are very helpful. I'm going to start sometime this summer and try to get it on the water next year because I have no idea what I'm doing. Lmao Thanks for the info! - Rich from Ohio
Very cool! I wish you the best and thanks for watching!
Thanks Joe. It took a good day for us to "see" part6. Even though the play list showed 6 episodes, only five were accessible until now. Joe, great series, I would like to know just a little more about the release system between plug and mould: was it just wax? and how many coats; any chemical release as well?
Glad you are enjoying the series! I applied 7 coats of the Orca shimmer mold release wax, nothing else. I try to make the videos very detailed and accurate, so what you see on the video, is the process I used. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
PS I stayed up til 2:30am watching your program on how to build molds.. I'd love to see how to take the mold off the plug, can you show that in another episode? Thanks!
Glad you are enjoying the videos! Yes, we are going to take the video series all the way to completion. Thanks for watching!
I have a sailboat, but I'm not doing anything like this to it (at least not yet). I just think this is great to learn and having a great time watching!
Glad you are enjoying the channel and thanks for watching!
I'm so glad to catch your channel Joe! Were trying to get ready to build a hard top for our beast of a sailboat wheelhouse.
The overall unit will be 12' x 11', At present it's a hard dodger/windshield joined to a bimini getting old.
Were in the Pacific North West. So weather is wet. your use of plywood and polyester priming has helped my wife understand its ok to use.
THanks So Much!!!
Marc & Paty
P.S. your 29 footer looks bullet proof!🤠
Glad you are enjoying the videos and that they are helpful! I wish you the best with your project and thanks for watching!
Need to try you one of the 3M Accuspray HGP guns. It pressurizes the reservoir and pushes the gel coat to the gun. The disposable tips are wonderful. They do beautiful work too. Be sure it is the HGP gun and not the Performance gun which is the newer model that is gravity fed.
I plan on getting one soon. Just using what I already have right now. I could spend about every dollar I make on new tools and shop supplies if I don't watch it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@FishBumpTV Everybody has a budget ! As a one man show shop , mine is pretty small on the fancy doo-dads !
Joe, you definitely make it look easy. Ill be making RC Helicopter Rotor Blades and a mold. Great material. Really appreciate your time making these videos.
Haha, glad you are enjoying the content!
Great video, lots of detail information
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Great video, I shake up my cup gun too to get the most out, great demo on backdating the substrate for the chop to lay in, nice green trim too❤
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
thanks again for the videos watching you as i work on my boat
Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for watching!
i do vacuum molding for the interior parts of sprinter vans…these videos have saved my butt multiple times lol we deal with high heat on our fiberglass molds and we always run into problems with the fiberglass cracking or developing bubbles…thank you so much for your wisdom! keep it up
Glad the videos are helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is awesome. I'm looking forward to using this technique. To make a swim platform for my boat. Looking forward to the rest of the series
Awesome, thank you!
This mold building series has been very informative and a lot of fun to watch. The starter kit is a great idea; I woud 100% buy one!
Thanks for you thought on the starter kit! I appreciate the feedback!
It's worth the time to watch and learn. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed the video, and I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Another excellent video! I really like all the tips such as how to stage your work. I've never done any fiberglass work but watching your videos is giving me the confidence that it's something I can handle. I'd really like the starter kit that you said you're thinking of putting together, that would be a tremendous help to all of us who are wanting to start working with fiberglass.
Thank you very much! Glad you are enjoying the channel!
Great video! Core mat is new for me. I've used thin foam (sure miss Clark foam) as a buffer and build material, but I will certainly look into this product.
Thank you very much!
Thank you Joe for the step by step instructional video. Really appreciate the explanations and all the extra effort. I've been wanting to build molds for a modernized BD-5B aircraft. Your videos are a great addition to my understanding of the different resins and methods. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Glad the videos are helpful!
I’m about to paint my 96 Donzi 212 medallion. Using sapphire blue interlux bright side. I probably should have went for gel coat but I wanted to get out on the water. Gel coat eventually. Thanks for the videos ☝️💜💫
Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing you knowledge and expertise with us it is much appreciated. I have been following you series and look forward to seeing the first finished hardtop you pull from this mould. Thanks again
You are very welcome, glad you are enjoying the channel!
I’ve been waiting on your next upload great work.
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
I think a kit would be awesome. What would be really cool is if there was a substrate included with directions on how to glass it. Could even have different levels of difficulty. I would sponsor someone a kit.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback!
Excellent tutorial and content. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I’m working on a 1978 thunder craft boat and I need to build a mold to do the lids for them.
Hopefully the mold building series will help shed some light on the process for you! As always I appreciate you watching and commenting on the channel!
Hi, Fantastic vidieos. I am contemplating setting up a male mold, upside down and using Foam boards, lay these and secure them over the temp mold for a one off boat, then understand what is best to glass over the top and what the best glass to use, to get the best finish to try and redice the Sanding, Gelcoating, Sanding and finishing. Russ
Thanks, glad you are enjoying the videos! Sounds like a cool project! I wish you the best!
Working on 14' Boston whaler bassboat
Nice! Thanks for watching!
Love these mold making videos. AAA+
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
What about useing wooden stringers and shaping the top out of foam like a surfboard to bypass the mold.
That could be done. That's basically how I did it on my previous boat. The wood jig for that is in the background in the mold series videos. I might make some videos on doing it that way in the future. Thanks for watching!
Very informative videos.
Glad you like them!
Could you touch on repairng the old bass boats with large metalflake gel. Mine in particular is a 98 Javelin
I will try to get some of that kind of content out for you all. Thanks for watching!
Joe, How do you deal with moisture in the lines due to such high humidity? I’m in Arkansas and deal with this all the time! I put loop’s in my air lines with drains at the bottom of the loop.This helps but doesn’t eliminate it all. I’m thinking of building a water cooler like a guy did in a video.
Thanks for the video! You’re doing a great job with the how to step by step process of making a mold!
Glad you are enjoying the videos! I run inline water traps, drain the compressor daily, and purge the lines very well before I spray something that is important. Moisture can still be an issue sometimes, just part of living in a humid climate I guess! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best one yet
Wow, thanks!
Another good video Capt Joe. This series is giving me a lot of pointers for me to start building layout boat hulls for hunting. I was wondering how do you know that the hull or mold is thick enough and if there is a general rule of thumb for that. Thanks
I think insects love the taste of fresh sprayed gel coat because they love to dive bomb it.
They must! I just hover around with a pair of fine point tweezers till it tacks off. Just part of the job I guess!
Great video. Hey, once you finish making the mold, can you make use of the plug as a top on a boat?
Thanks, glad you are enjoying the videos! I didn't design this plug mold to be an actual usable part, but it could be done that way. It would just take more work on the plug building side of things.
Rusty from Alabama, i am starting a pilot house on a pontoon boat. i need light wieght (as i am removing wieght from boat to account for the top) trting to figure my material types as marine plywood is way to heavy.
Hi Rusty, I appreciate you watching! Foam core construction is pretty hard to beat when it comes to strength to weight ratios. I like the Airex or Divinycell for lightweight foam cores, but Coosa board makes a 15 pound density panel that might be an option for you. It's also made right here in Alabama, so availability shouldn't be a problem. We used Coosa board exclusively in the build of our 29ft center console, and show tips and techniques for working with it in the 29 build series of videos. If you call Coosa, tell them that Capt Joe with fish bump tv on RUclips sent ya! I hope the videos help and I wish you all the best with your pilot house!
So that first red gel coat will be the inside layer of final mold and the wooden braces will be part of the new top too?? Just trying to understand where the plug ends and the molded part begins! Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
The red gelcoat is the mold, the wood is the plug. They will be separated, then the mold will be prepped to build the actual part. I will show every step of the process for you all, so hopefully it all make sense by the end of the series. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Captain Joe, I enjoy watching all of your videos as well as appreciate all of the information you share. I am replacing the floor in a 15 foot boat, that I own, and was interested in the mix you made with the laminating resin and the 406 silica. Is that a mixture I could use to fill the small gaps where the floor meets the inside of the boat?
Glad you are enjoying the channel! Yes, you could use a mixture like that for filling small gaps or cracks. I usually like to add some milled fibers or some short strand fiberglass into the mix if you want to add strength for a more structural application. I have a video on the channel where I add different materials to epoxy resin to make different fillers. It might be helpful and give you some ideas for you project. Thanks for watching!
@@FishBumpTV Thank you for the response, I will check out the video. This mold building series is awesome.
It would have been very helpful if you could have said something about your spray gun setup and pressure you use. Also whether it could have been rollered/painted on?
Perhaps a cutting board / bait station
Thanks Master for the marvelous instructional high quality info videos...Congrats on your job...Thank You very much indeed...
That sprayer is very cool. Who makes it?
It is a ES g100. I will try to put a link for it below the videos description. Thanks for watching!
Mr Joe, you ever messed around with vaccum bagging or infusion?
Not really, but I have plans to. Thanks for watching!
I'm building a 23 ft boat from plans out of wood. It is an American spin-off of a panga. I have built the same boat on a smaller scale. The plans call for 6oz woven. On the first boat , it was hard to hide where the cloth overlapped. What would you suggest to remedy this without many hours of sanding. Love the channel. Thanks again from Florida.
Love it.
Thank you !
is there a reason you dont add the mekp before the cabasil or silica rather?
The resin starts to cure as soon as you add the mekp. It takes time to mix in the silica, so that means you have less working time with the materials if you add the mekp first. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Tooling gellcoat and resin have low shrinkage properties that are necessary in mold building.
Yes, you are right. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Would be interested in how much cost you have in that top, material only?
When you were spraying, weren't you worried about the rest of the shop and everything in it getting covered in any mist that winds up in the air?
How do you paint the tooling gelcoat don’t have a compressor big enough to spay it
It can be rolled out and tipped with a brush,it is just thicker than regular gelcoat. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Hi Joe,
You are south of the USA. A very, very humid region. Working with Gelcoat in these conditions is quite tricky. I’m in the province of Quebec north of your country and right now USA “shipped” to us a humid air. I won’t do any Gelcoat for the next three days until fresh and more dry air will come.
How do you manage this issue of humidity?
Glad you are enjoying the videos! I grew up doing gelcoat and fiberglass work in this region, so I am just used to working with high humidity. Some good water traps in your air lines are a necessity, and making sure your surface is dry before application. Other than that we have to just work with what the weather gives us or we would not be able to get much done at all. I hope this helps and I wish you the best with your projects!
Thank you for answering to my interrogation about working Gelcoat, polyester and other resins in a humid environment. And yes, it’s very useful to see how different approach could help.
Several years ago, a professional, like you, told me that in humid conditions, he does a big splash of acetone on the surface to catch up the humidity.
Thank you again
Thanks again capt. Joe great job I’ve never used a cup gun have sprayed gel ct. on repair jobs (minimally) using 2.5 nzl , with a cup gun what pressure are you shooting with? Also I’ve see the 3m gun a lot of guys talk about have u ever used 1 & what r your thoughts on the 2 guns ? I know cup gun is a lot cheaper, thanks again and great job
Glad you are enjoying the videos! The cup gun is good for high volume, but not the most precise. So I like it for applying gelcoat on molded parts and surfaces, but that is about all I use it for. I don't have a 3.0 cup gun personally, but I could see it being a nice addition to the other gelcoat rigs I have. Maybe a video just on that topic would be helpful to you all. I have a adjustable pressure valve right at the spray rig, so I can adjust as needed according to conditions. This is a big help and I highly recommend it. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Hi Joe. Great video series. Really informative and helpful. Thanks. I am about to attempt to make a wave paddle for a hydrodynamics lab in college and was thinking of going down the fibreglassing route. I was going to just make a mold out of plywood, glass and tooling gel. But maybe I should go the plug route first. It's a oneoff application though. Also do you have any videos in your series where you apply structural stringers to the iside of a gelcoated item?
Thanks for watching! There can be pros and cons to doing it either way. Of course if you only need one part you might just want to go directly to building it with structural grade materials. I don't think that I have any videos of bonding stringers in other than on our epoxy and plywood mock up stringer and transom video. I do have a project boat that we Wil be installing stringers, transom, floors etc on and that may be helpful to you. So stay tuned!
Is there any way we can send pictures of our projects and to show you where we think we have problems, and that way you could give us a wee bit advice, I am in Scotland and I am trying to restore a FairLine Vixen 1979 she is a beauty and I want to do the right thing by her, but being disabled is a pain, my two sons are helping some times as they work and I occasionally get one of my Grandsons to help, thanks Joe would appreciate any advice watch you as much as I get time.
How much resin you have used on this core material.Its seemed to me not even close what it could soaked up.Becose what i have used core 5mm i use around nearly a 2 kg for every 1 sq m.Maybe i am wrong or used too much but that i sand edges it looked to me it did not even soked up what i used becose i used black resin .
Joe, what tip size and air pressure are you using with that gel sprayer?
Ours runs very slow, which suggests our setups are not optimal.
I think it is a #6 tip, looks to be about 3/16 of an inch diameter at the tip. I usually run around 50 to 60 lbs of air to a adjustable valve right at the sprayer. Then I just adjust the valve as needed prier to spraying. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
@@FishBumpTV Thanks for that Joe.
@@lesfox2010No problem!
Hello Joe, how are you going to deal with the flange on that mold?
A flange isn't necessary on this type of mold. I will be showing the process for mold prep in the next video or two. Thanks for watching!
I have a question I had a Catalina 30 in the late 70s and 80s when I purchased about used had quite a blistering problem in the gel coat sandblasted it off and came back with a west systems and they said the issue resulted from gases between gel coat and the fiberglass as it’s set up and cured is there any issues that would happen as you’re doing this molding process or is it only because the boat was on the water
Do you have any similar issues or has it been taken care of with better products?
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience with the channel! Osmosis blisters typically only happen to boats that stay in the water for extended periods of time. So most trailer boats will never see that problem. Some of the better boat builders may use a vinyl ester skin coat in the mold. This is the layer just behind the gelcoat and acts as a moisture barrier to help prevent blisters. I hope this helps answer your question, and thanks for watching!
thank you for getting back to me
Can you roll or brush your gelcoat on?
A video popped up yesterday of boat building in a foreign country and it looked a total how not to fiber glass and saftey violation video
Haha! I have seen a few of those types of videos, and would agree that it looks pretty sketchy! Hopefully you all can pick up some good and useful tips from the videos we are putting out. Thanks for watching!