How To Fix Rust Using Fiberglass - Cheap Inexpensive and EASY!

[@diyautoschool]

SAVE MONEY and DO IT RIGHT! THUMBS UP People...

[@charlesleake930]

thanks my Friend Pete....makes way more sense in a practice .......much love Jay. ( under the authority of God Jesus Christ )

[@josephfilm73]

It's a lucky situation that that floor was not more rotted. Not so many are lucky in that way but this car rust was caught in time. If/when the situation demands and it gives out, the floor can down the road be replaced. Part of the craft is judging and knowing when the damage needs more or less work and labor.

[@TOLDyouSOagain]

I've always liked using 2 or 3 layers of mat. The bottom layer being the largest then smaller patches over the problem area. So only the problem areas will have 2 or 3 layers depending on the size of the hole. Those were tiny holes so 1 layer would seal it up.

[@MVPisME383]

How can over a thousand people watch this, soak in all this free education and not have the dam common curiosity to give this man a thumbs up to pay him back

[@Twanchox]

This dude literally has gave me a shit ton of knowledge and I've made a living off it. Thank u sir Pete

[@hickeyskustomresto]

Same here. Thanks Pete.

[@jasoncraig229]

Me too 👍

[@diyautoschool]

Thanks for the comments and support.. It's a pleasure to pass along knowledge and see people use it.. Take it easy!

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Me three 👍🏻… for 12 years now

[@restoguy1156]

if you wonder about my opinion here I have Bean restoring boats for over 35 years metal and glass are different they expand and contract differently Pete is very good at what he does he has taught me plenty thanks Pete I hope I did not offend your process god bless all....

[@lcar9871]

That repair is going to last for a long time. Living in the Northeast Rust Belt, I would also seal the underside with something - bed liner, undercoating - something so water can't begin to creep in one of those holes. Do that and it will last 50 years Pete, if you do occasional fiberglass stuff; I bought into the West System when I had to repair a boat floor. Their product comes this way - A gallon of resin to a quart of hardener. You buy two hand pumps, one for each can. The pumps are metered, so you do 6 pumps from the gallon can and 6 pumps from the quart can, mix and apply. Leave the pumps right in the cans, so next time you need a little resin, just pump, mix and pour. West System sells slow and fast hardener too for different situations

[@lifequest7453]

If the underside has already started to rust heavily, you are in big trouble because nothing will stick to it. Por15, undercoating, nothing as the rust will flake it off. MY fix, thanks to a yTube vid, is to spray mineral oil on the underside. The rust is porus and the oil will spread (weep) into the porus rust and saturate it. The rust changes color from rusty brown to a dark almost grey color and stops the rust progression. sort of like Rustoleum paint. Spray oil on the bolts and threads on the undercarriage and front end and it won't be Rust welded. Get inside the doors, along the bottom pinch fold and about 3" up each side pinch if you can. also along the wheel well opening in the fold inside the fender. They always put a metal reinforcement, sometimes the inner fender lies on top of the fender, oil that too. anywhere you know rust can start. Most spray bottles wont spray Mineral Oil, but you dont have to paint it on, so just use the stream. The oil will weep into the rust. check it the next day and add if you think you need to. Done this for years and the rust just stops.

[@lifequest7453]

I used the fiberglass fix on my 86 truck floor, it had larger then pin holes, one you could stick your hand through. I supported the glass at floor level and laid out about 3/16 inch of fiberglass cloth/resin on the entire floor. Has held up for 15 years now and still good. Idid clean an paint the remaining floor panel top and bottom to stabilize the metal. The rust was caused by a inner fender failure, getting a hole from the water drained from the cowel, then the water thrown up by the tire started the rust under the floor. One thing leads to another it seems. yup, new inner fenders. Don't know what you are talking about the fibreglas cloth. I use it all the time, it soaks in the resin easily and it bonds to the surface just like the mat does. True there are different uses for mat vs Cloth but both work very well. The cloth cuts and handles much better than the mat, the mat is messy to cut and handle so use as you need

[@ksduathlete]

Now these are the videos I like. You aren’t ranting , just teaching us! This is great education! Thank you.. now I do enjoy a good rant once in a while . I’ve been known to go on a rant to two!

[@alexcontt]

I did this without experience and many people says lot of bad experience about using fiberglass but i just did it. And After 15 years car rear rocker panel still there as normal the beahivor of the simple fiberglass no to bad and was works good for the hole rust and stop growing more rust :)

[@rogerjoseph2532]

thanks, you have taught me a lot today. I'm now ready to do this repair myself.

[@lawrencechristian6275]

This is a very viable repair,I know this because I pulled a 65 Impala out of a North Carolina junk yard back in 1982. All floors were damaged in the same manner. Back then nobody made anything for 1965 Impalas.A good donor was a dream but not a reality. I fiberglassed all the rusted metal. Still own the car the floors are still solid all these years later. Now with all the repop metal available I'm 68 and have no want to cut the floors out of my old girl to "do it properly" so to speak.Fiberglass works if applied properly.

[@diyautoschool]

Thanks for your input on this situation Lawrence.. This will last forever if it's done right and you just proved it!

[@dinokaos]

Let's show our friend Pete some love and like and subscribe, people! That's the real situation going on.

[@diyautoschool]

DINO -- Could you please call me I want to talk to you - get my contact info in the description of the video.. Thanks!

[@SesameStreetRacingChannel]

Given that these old cars only get driven to church on Sunday...this is a PERFECT repair and solution...SAVE YOUR MONEY...SAVE YOUR TIME. Thanks for the vid.

[@eddiebarrera-ws8vu]

I've seen videos where people are fixing cars and run into rust repaired by fiberglass,and they say oh look at this shit,well for starters the car was left in the woods and would of rusted any metal floor anyways,and second that fiberglass repair was done over 30 yrs ago.But weather rusted the metal around the fiberglass,That repair today will last over. 30 yrs unless he parks it in the woods for decades.

[@NeutronPerformance]

Extremely useful video Pete. Very nice job brother.

[@junksautomotive]

I love the old home video buddy. Hope Minnie and yourself have a nice New Year's. Here's to a great 2024 for you guys! Love as always, Junk Box Mike

[@shawns57garage]

Great job fixing this situation Pete

[@VintRestGarage]

I’ve done that for years as well. Still strength is good when done right and what you have there ain’t nothing to worry about. Glass it is. Always appreciate the knowledge to know I haven’t been always wrong. Picked up a few corrective tips with the bondo & epoxy application. I haven’t had problems yet, but thank you for corrective points.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Good stuff. I have fiberglassed over steel and they lasted for decades. It was actually the 6 stake pockets on a pickup. They did eventually fail but that was 20 years outdoors and not all of them have.

[@1958Studebaker]

Thanks for all the great tips and instruction my friend Pete.

[@nickenglezos687]

Thanks pete i never knew fiberglass was not just for corvette body work.

[@troyadams1076]

That was a good one thanks Pete

[@martinbensley1150]

Brilliant, at last a cheap and good repair, cheers from Martin in Germany!

[@martinjay5906]

That's an excellent repair Pete

[@byrdsdoityourselfgarage7330]

So abrasive!!!!! Of course I’m talkin about my friend Pete 🤣🤣

[@cyrushohbach6729]

Always put the resin down roll it with a sheet of wax paper on the top comes out super smooth👍👍

[@JeffRadkeFixItWith]

Thanks. Pete!! Great Job!!!

[@justinh5036]

Thank you Pete for your time and everything you do and share with us

[@allensharlow7763]

Great job Pete, you always do great work 👍👍😎😎🍮🍮

[@raym3036]

Hello Pete and Minnie, what seam sealer product do you use from Home Depot? Thanks for an informative video.

[@dereklovestits2221]

Thanks, Pete 👍👌👏

[@TyanPatrickBooth]

Fiberglass mat and use POR15 instead of resin works great too.

[@diyautoschool]

Ive never heard of using POR15 in place of the resin,, Ill have to check this out..

[@ImraanMahomed-bi1hx]

Excellent job Pete. You the greatest. Imraan. South Africa

[@moparnut6933]

It'll work but I'd spring for the floor replacement and pay Pete since he's already fixing the whole car.

[@Demastrmind]

How can I get the same results if I dont have my car sand blasted. I want to fiberglass the rusted area in my trunk near the wheel well. Your videos have been very helpful. Ive watched your 69 Chevelle make over several times.

[@Fastbackdave]

Thanks Pete!

[@leonardcrisci7254]

I was wondering in the trunk after the mat is dry can you spray like an undercoating on it or a bed liner?

[@agostinodibella9939]

That’s a great idea Pete! Looks good!

[@deankay4434]

Thanks for sharing Minnie & Pete. DK, Omaha.

[@diyautoschool]

Happy NEW YEAR Dean and a Belated Merry Christmas.. Your comments and outputs are always a joy to read.. Thanks for all your support in the past and present..

[@jakemacias5244]

❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 25:49

[@stephenmaloney421]

Hello, from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Hello your friend paul from delta bc Canada 🇨🇦

[@diyautoschool]

IRELAND! Thanks for watching Stephen... Happy New Year..

[@kevingornik2186]

Awesome video Pete thanks for all the things you’ve taught me good man and I agree don’t just sit and watch the video subscribe to the man’s channel. Have a happy new year buddy.

[@clunkersandclassics]

I've fiberglassed over POR 15, seems to stick to it.

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Good job brother 👍

[@Joe7166]

Pete, how can floors rust from underneath unless the car was parked for decades in grassy areas? Like interior floors, trunks collect water when not properly sealed. Isn't that really how most trunks rust?

[@uptown6471]

How do you overcome the smell in the vehicle

[@pokeyboy1]

What is 415 paint ?

[@guillermonieri4203]

Thank you.

[@petergoodwin2465]

I did it to my uncles old Australian built Chrysler when I was a kid. Lasted longer than the car . Was in the weather and the resin seals the metal from oxygen. One panel was in the weather and never rusted again. 10 years driven daily and around Australia.

[@waynegallant9056]

damn wow strait foward shit thanks pete awsome video my friend i subscribed

[@Dixler683]

Why wasn’t the interior trunk sand blasted?

[@diyautoschool]

No need to, what you where looking at was water stains that looked like surface rust.. The trunk was fine and why waste money on something you don't need to spend money on??

[@damiansailas6296]

Yep

[@paulboarder4188]

Awesome.. thanks Pete

[@SoloBrawlStars]

Thanks Pete

[@restoguy1156]

agree on the process resin is temperamental high heat humidity and cold humidity work different metal absorbs moisture I use a propane torch to push the moisture out first and you change the molecules in the surface you get them jumping more so with epoxy or vynle ester resins to stick to not have an open flame next to these products or you will burn your shop down. now I opted out and used thinned roofing tar in the glass matt because the moisture content in metal in changing seasons works great but you be the judge on your project trust Pete he is a great body man

[@DoktorJeep]

I did this in the late 1980s. Always wondered if I did the right thing.

[@llxbubbaxll1]

thank you! my friend Pete your friend Pete .

[@petewebber8671]

With a name like Pete, I know th8s done right.

[@MrJaime4044]

Canyon lake Texas

[@BIZMOTO]

Pete invented the first plastic Aunt Jemima bottle lol😂

[@georgechambers8301]

Pete could you just cover everything with undercoating trunk floor underneath

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Wouldn’t be solid …. Could probably get away with fiberall on the holes , at the least , but one uniform surface like Pete did is probably more solid

[@Tattoodtoolow]

flex seal paste

[@restoguy1156]

a man his dog and his passion my 14 year old puppy has cancer I need blessings I stand alone

[@diyautoschool]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@geddonmeansome9834]

Wouldn't pass inspection in the UK.

[@MrDave9111]

I prefer using epoxy resin instead of polyester. It sticks better. I mix small batches, say 12 oz at a time max. If you mix a big batch it will heat itself up, heat increases setup speed and it will setup in minutes. Not good. Epoxy sticks like crazy. Polyester will works too, but epoxy is better. Epoxy is about $60/gallon. Buy the stuff that mixes in a 1:2 ratio. If you buy the pumps that go in the bottles even easier to get the ratio right.

[@Buckswoodshop]

👍👍

[@taunusstyle]

in Finland, it would result in a rejection in the inspection or even a driving ban if fiberglass was found on the bottom.😯

[@timbrown9305]

He is right. I am 60 and this will last 30 years in the rain and snow. Other parts of the car will not last as long as this repair.

[@sprintcarsandguitars959]

i like too grind down too bare metal when i do fiberglass,i want that stuff too bite for life!

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

I think you can use rust mort which works with remaining rust to convert it to a sandable primer …. Then scuff with 40-80 grit …. I’ve done that with shirt and long hair fiberall or evercoat product

[@SteveBueche1027]

I’d still replace the floors. Sure it cost and take time but at this stage why go cheap?

[@StevesDIYProjects7]

i havetnse en full video yet. but i know what ya about to do cause i did it to the 64 skylark in my videos. cause the floors wasnt that bad. but needed repaired and to buy pans and replace was not in budget for a race car nor was it in the budget period when i have worked with glass enough to know how to make it strong. and it was so strong that i could pushed foot through floor in a spot before if i stood up. but after the glass i was standing up in the car bend over fixing other things after. and when was done you wouldnt known cause i sand the drips on the bottom. under coated. primed i told the guy when i sold it. who was a body man and he said fk it im leaving it to race the car LOL>

[@Chubbycat747]

Fine with me. Unless the trunk/rear glass seal started leaking, that would outlast me.

[@46captain46]

Love it 😂

[@carpenterhelperx1482]

🇺🇸Well, the problem is that Pete's ponytale makes him look like the Bud Lite Dude. GODBless

[@topollillo4274]

THANKS PETE I WAS READY TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

[@versatec1]

😊👍🏻

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Only one troll in today !!! …. It’s clear most people get it !!! …. Love ❤️ you and Minnie

[@sparkywelder5893]

Hey pete

[@findmethe90s]

🤟🤘

[@danoconnor3639]

Jenky at best

[@Rev22-21]

Sometimes its simply about choices and budgets; nothing more, nothing less. For the purists it'd be unacceptable, to the practical it's perfect. If it were going to be a $100 K+ Concourse restore new metal all the way or no way. But this GTO isn't and neither is this a half-azz job. So people.... step back from the ledge and off his back! 😅

[@Dixler683]

All you did was spread the contaminants dissolved in the acetone around the floor.

[@diyautoschool]

OK! so why are you here???

[@Dixler683]

@@diyautoschool simmer down Pete, shake a hand make a friend. Here for Bruno, Cecile, Sammi, Minnie and you at your best bitchin up a storm. Been doing this since the 70’s and enjoy watching others solve a task differently. Sorry bout Bruno, lost mine of 15 years last April. Subscribed a decade ago, not gonna stop watching now. So what happened to the acetone contaminants?

[@XSAILOR65]

Epoxy resin instead of poly, grind to bare metal, this will last the life of the car. Resin first, then the mat......and more resin.

[@megaeverything101]

Hack n pack

[@MVPisME383]

Can't believe you wear safety gear, I thought you was a tough son of a bleep

[@JeffRadkeFixItWith]

No more Auntjamima!! Pete!! It’s Racist. Sorry!!

[@eddiebarrera-ws8vu]

Yes and I'm Hispanic and don't want people to talk to me in Spanish,cause that's racist also.😊😊😊

[@4speed3pedals]

Egad! Fiberglass is a garbage repair for rust. Nothing is fixed. It is temporary at best. Why do you even go here. Are you recommending this for a car flipper? If so, please stop. No one needs to do repairs behind this improper repair. If this is the only way a person can fix body rust due to lack of knowledge and skill, get a pro to fix it. Bondo, Fiberglass, what's next? Caulking repair panels for permanent fixes?

[@sprintcarsandguitars959]

if it's just a basic car not worth much fiberglass works great and last's forever.

[@bjodaddyo]

Not everyone can afford a "pro" to fix things and we don't need it to last forever because we don't live forever.

[@michaelbristol6467]

It's an option that the customer agreed to. I'm sure Pete gave him a quote on both ways to fix it and that was the customer's decision to do it this way. And you can do it whatever way you want too. 😉✌

[@michaelbristol6467]

Maybe the customer is 75 years old and isn't worried about it lasting for 50 years because he'll be dead by then. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

[@MyFirstGen]

I don’t trust the so called professionals anymore with anything. You get it in the ass anyway you go.