How To Fiberglass Like a PRO! DIY Mastery!

[@DondiTrent]

Capt Joe fish bump family y'all make us feel like we are in the shop with you would love to see y'all do a vintage boat restoration it would not have to be show room perfect but bring it back on the water for fishing and family time! Thanks again for fabulous fiberglassing work !

[@FishBumpTV]

I appreciate your kind words and suggestion, we will definitely keep that in mind!

[@ChrisEaton-i1f]

Yep…would definitely love to see a post-fiberglass gelcoat video!👍

[@FishBumpTV]

Awesome! We are working on that right now, and should have it up and running next weekend. Thanks so much for watching!

[@kenneth1767]

A shout out to the camera operator. Great footage, good sound, and excellent instruction.

[@GaryLane1957]

I enjoy watching your videos to help me to refresh my memory

[@FishBumpTV]

Fantastic! Glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@bmxbowhunter99]

You helped me beat analysis paralysis. Thank you

[@FishBumpTV]

Haha, I hear ya, that's awesome! Appreciate you watching!

[@Andrew-lk5ov]

Another outstanding video -- I'm always amazed that you can provide so much information without notes while doing layups! For the viewer, it's like taking a drink from a fire hose. You covered the fact that US chopped strand needs either vinyl ester or polyester to lay properly; in your next episode, you may want to mention that it's the styrene content (not found in epoxy) that dissolves the binders in CSM. Secondly, peel ply does leave a nice textured surface on both epoxy and the ester resins. In the next video, when you remove it, you may want to point out that laminating resins will cure under peel ply and that epoxy amine blush will pull away when its removed. Please, this is not a critique in any way -- your presentations are as good as any on the tube.

[@doug2202]

Another awesome video and as always great camera work. This channel should have 100k subscribers easily.

[@FishBumpTV]

Wow, thanks so much for the kind words! We are working hard to put out quality content for everyone, and I truly appreciate all of the support and encouragement!

[@mikem1436]

Anyone who has watched your video should be able to do a darn good job on their first attempt. The little things like pre-fitting the fiberglass cloth material ahead of time and making the pleats leads to quicker and neater job once the fiberglass and resin are being applied. Knowing how much catalyst to use will always be a learning curve as it varies on temperature and how much working time may be needed. Looking forward to the next episode in this series of video and also the new deck on the boat repair.

[@tonyg1958]

I bought my boat used, and the cowling on the engine has a couple of small holes from where the previous owner dropped it. Thanks to your videos I know exactly how to go about repairing it, it's just a matter of working into my project schedule.

[@FishBumpTV]

Glad the video is helping! I appreciate you watching and sharing your experience with the channel!

[@nathanielzervos1265]

Analysis paralysis is a really killer of productivity. I suffer the most when trying to figure out a lamination schedule and then preparing the material. I'd love to know your thought process and approach to creating lamination schedules.

[@FishBumpTV]

You're right, preparation is key and that includes figuring out the lamination schedule! I'd be happy to share more about how I go about putting together a lamination schedule in an upcoming video. I hope this helps, and thanks for watching!

[@shanky071]

Joe! Outstanding performance from yourself and your camera crew! Love the content and the quality of description on how and why you are working the glass in the manner you do. Again, thanks for sharing the knowledge and the tips along the way. Keep up the great work!

[@FishBumpTV]

I really appreciate your kind words! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment on the channel!

[@poonhound8942]

Appreciate you teaching us, please keep it going.

[@FishBumpTV]

I'm glad you found it helpful! I'll keep the videos coming!

[@kevinjoyce4497]

All information is a good. Yes please with the gelcoat. Thank You my friend.

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks! I'll get to work on those gelcoat videos for you. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@lawrenceveinotte]

I really enjoy your videos, I have worked with fiberglass doing different things, I would like to try and make some kayaks, fiberglass bottoms with cedar strips on the top, I have made molds for someone else so they could make kayaks, your videos get me thinking about how to tackle my project, thanks.

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks! That sounds like a fantastic project! I wish you all the best!

[@hairband80s69]

I'd like to understand how you know how many layers of fiberglass to lay down? For example, how would you determine the number of layers of 1708 or other to put on a plywood floor? Also, would you go with 1/2" plywood and more fiberglass or 3/4" plywood and less fiberglass? You sort of started to answer that a bit but didn't elaborate on it much. Thanks for the vids!

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try to touch on that topic in a future video for you all. Appreciate you watching!

[@dagooos]

You’re killing it

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching!

[@calvinallen4103]

Looking forward to paint over epoxy videos for those of us who are about $1,000 into epoxy. Wish I had seen your videos prior to buying the epoxy, would have gone with vinyl ester.

[@FishBumpTV]

Glad you are enjoying the videos! Three months ago I made a video titled You can gelcoat over epoxy. There is an epoxy to gelcoat tie coat made by System 3 epoxy. That should answer and solve some of your concerns. I hope it helps, and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!

[@JohnCampanelli-w7e]

Appreciate all the information

[@FishBumpTV]

You are very welcome! I'm happy to share with everyone!

[@freshsaltyfries5078]

Wonderful teaching thank you 😮

[@surffish386]

good content keep it up, im a tile contractor who boult out a jon boat and plan to one off a skiff in the future if i can ever get a barn. there is plenty of spiritic questionable inconsistent content out there and you stand out just in economy of labor alone i gave a like. ill have my eye out this year on this channel and hopefully get my butt in gear. id love to get more into boat building ii cant do tile forever. thank you

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you found the video useful. I will continue to try to make content that will be valuable to you!

[@hecdc305]

Thanks for the video.

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@paulpadgett8139]

I would love the Gelcoat course, I have some repairs to make on a 2007 Sea Hunt

[@FishBumpTV]

We should have a new gelcoat video out next weekend, but in the meantime I have several gelcoat repair and application videos here on the channel that I'm sure will help with your Seahunt repairs. Thanks for watching!

[@luisherrera8296]

Enjoy these video Capt.Joe 👍

[@FishBumpTV]

Awesome! Thank you very much for watching!

[@porkchop659]

Capt. I have a small boat that I will be reworking this winter. It is a small tri-hull fishing boat that has no cap and a small console glassed into the side. My plan is to cut that console off and create a small center console for it. It has some really nice brown and black indoor/outdoor carpet that I plan to remove. The boat was “finished” with the webbing (not sure if that is the right term) think ski barge, and I will either paint the inside or gel-coat it however we never did gel-coat work outside the mold so any information on it will be interesting.

[@FishBumpTV]

Sounds like a great project boat! I'm sure our upcoming gelcoat video will be helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@richardmondor1360]

Love these videos.....how about do a "disposable mold" and "complete lay-up".....lets say something like an outer window frame or hatch lid receiver......something where you make the mold quick, gel coat it, then lay up the part......

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely keep that in mind for future videos! In the meantime, I do have a detailed mold building series for our 29s hardtop here on the channel that you might find helpful.

[@theragingdolphinsmaniac4696]

Great video. I am learning to do doing fiberglass repairs on a Corvette fender that has stress cracks.

[@porkchop659]

Happy New Year Capt.!

[@FishBumpTV]

Thank you very much! Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

[@schwarz6337]

After relocating the autopilot head and engine controls on my sailboat, I'm faced with filling those holes in the gelcoat cockpit vertical sidewalls. The AP head hole is ~3.5" in diameter and the engine controls opening is ~10" x 7". The original construction is with polyester resin. I'd be interested in seeing a video on the proper techniques and materials required to do this repair.

[@FishBumpTV]

I have a series of videos here on the channel showing the restoration of our project boats console. I show the exact process you would need to follow to repair holes like you are describing. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!

[@jasonbracy3072]

Great content, love the detail you put in your videos, Thanks. You said you were doing Gelcoat video next. How do you get it to lay smooth, I was rolling and tipping with a good Wooster brush. Then wet sanding with 600 by hand,but it doesn’t look super flat and smooth like yours normally do. Any advice would be appreciated. I’m working on the flip up gullet over the side dive door on my sea Hunt GF25

[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks, glad you are enjoying the videos! I will be posting some gelcoat videos next week that will hopefully answer some of your questions, so stay tuned!

[@MikeFolga]

Great video's, by far the most educational on social media. I have been in the trade for over thirty years and learn something new or different every video. I am currently doing a new transom and hatch on an offshore powerboat. I have not heard you discuss lamination schedules such as number of layers of CSM, 1708 before, after and between layers of plywood or Coosa. Also supposed issues with Coosa being more rigid and not flexing in a transom or using sleeves to through bolt motor mounts when using Coosa. Any thoughts would be great. Keep up the outstanding work.

[@jaredrogers9984]

Thanks for these videos. Watching from Fort Walton Florida. Will be putting a new deck in our glasstream soon and plan on using coosa. Is there a good warehouse to pick it up around here?

[@FishBumpTV]

You are very welcome! Boat Outfitters carries Coosa board, and they ship. You could also give Advanced Plastics in Elberta a call. I hope this helps, and I wish you all the best with your Glasstream!

[@Davineff1]

Capt. Joe, I love your teaching talent! I just tested some fiberglast peel ply getting ready for my garage floor epoxy coating. I love the texture it left and ease of use. I am planning on some boat building soon as well so I will start to go through it. I only bought 5 yards on Amazon and in small amounts it is expensive. I could not find a link above for peel ply. I have found a big roll from Fiberglass Warehouse on Amazon, but it looks blue like the roll on your cutting table. Are there differences between the two brands and where can I buy the Fiberglast brand in bulk if there are? Thank you so much and love watching your channel.

[@Sv_SeaDuctress]

I have seen so many YT sailing channels that have to do glass repairs and they all seem to soak the glass before application, is this necessary for certain applications? Thanks for the awesome series and a HNE to you Captain.

[@lonelypinebeefarm4297]

Captain Joe, when you place stringers in a boat floor do you place the wood stringers directly to the floor or do you place anything under before you fiberglass over them .

[@GaryLane1957]

Yes I have a older boat and someone try to fix the bout on it with fiberglass on fiberglass along the bout below the eyelit or should I fill the low spot with putty and then fiberglass over it for a good repair

[@108hindu]

You are giving us lots of great tips and how to’s as far as materials. I must admit to still having some questions. Proportions of silica and chopped fibers when making putty confuse me. For you this is easy. For me I worry that I may overuse one or the other in my mix. My other question is about hardener. I’ve always worried that overuse of hardener not only complicates handling of the resin but may also make the resin brittle and prone to cracking. Is that actually an issue? Also, If you use to little hardener does it keep the resin from achieving full strength? Thanks so much for all the useful things that you’ve taught me.

[@GerardChaney]

You have spoken about epoxy and aming or amine blush. Can you show what you are talking about or talk about why that is a problem. Thanks so much for these indepth explanations.

[@joefowler8464]

Sometime during the life of our sailboat, someone added a couple of pieces (about an inch thick) to the back of the boat to build a small motor mount area. They used bolts and nuts and washers and angle pieces to fasten those pieces to the boat. Frankly, it stands out like a sore thumb. I really don't know what to do with it or even if I should do anything with it. So... not really a question here. One day, I may get an idea.

[@FishBumpTV]

That is definitely a unique problem, and I can see why you are unsure what to do. Hopefully the videos might give you some inspiration as to what to do at some point. Thanks for watching!

[@davidtornberg8060]

You said on a small boat you would put two layers of 1708 minimum I have a 19 foot ski boat how many layers?

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

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[@FishBumpTV]

Thanks so much for watching!