Mastering Epoxy with Russell Brown, Part 7 Fiberglassing the Outside of a Hull

[@gingerkitty1374]

Your method feels very precise and controlled compared to just dumping it on and squeegee’ing it all over the shop. Thank you.

[@the-1st-grimbleahoy]

Glad I found this while trawling for advice after a glass disaster (strip-off and major clean up) on my own dinghy build.🙂🇬🇧

[@johnnydfred]

Many thanks to OCH and Russell. Totally inspirational instruction! Make good choices, prepare, and don’t overthink it!

[@TTM-GEB]

THIS IS IT - THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. I have tried other techniques and then tried it this way... Wow so much better results using just a roller on the dry cloth. One other trick is to first use a dry roller to flatten out the cloth on the boat.

[@MrAmpchamp1]

Thank you very much for sharing your tip on removing the large strand of fiberglass leading the sheet. And thank goodness I've learned this lesson out of sight and under the deck!

[@bhtiii]

Great job of rolling that epoxy out, I learned something about I need to try on my next duck boat. Uncle Ben

[@mikesmith8108]

Nice clean work. You make it look easy.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Does peel ply help with this? If you are going to paint the boat anyway, would you put peel ply over the fiberglass?

[@KyokushinKichiKai]

Thank you for your demo and step by step self critique as you apply your epoxy. Excellent Sir! Thanks again!

[@frederickwood9116]

Thanks. Some fantastic things to learn from this.

[@StewartGartland]

Always a pleasure to watch a master craftsman work. Really great videography. Thanks

[@skyak4493]

RB, so what is your verdict on the S glass vs the usual thicker E glass? In the video it was well behaved. I have heard complaints S was harder to fully wet. I would think that overlaps and corners are better. S glass makes up for the strength, but thicker might just protect against dents better.

[@wyrrie214]

Hi, Just watching your great video, did you have to seal the ply with the epoxy resin before wetting the fiberglass on, also did you use the west system epoxy resin for the fiberglassing. the other thing I was interested in knowing when glueing the joints did you have to use an glue before filleting the pieces with the west system filler and resin. Many thanks Michael.

[@fisheater844]

Your the man Russell

[@paulbriggs3072]

I formally request that overhead fiberglassing be demonstrated!

[@blainejeffreys]

Ever use a super-super lightweight mist of 3M 77 to smooth out the cloth before applying the epoxy?

[@murraythomas9203]

Is there any particular thickness or type of fibreglass you use and how many layers do you typically put down of cloth per boat?

[@ionstefan8402]

How does the epoxy resin not hardening to you that fast, and you can still apply it even for more than half an hour?

[@AncientScotty]

This gives you a good bond with plywood? Right?

[@tiwie4556]

very clean job! Good techniques you're teaching. I'm thinking about dynel sheathing a folk boat, what's your opinion to doing this to a lapstrake construction?

[@tiwie4556]

I'm worried about solid wood living a little even if the epoxy should seal it and then having the whole thing delaminating. the planking is beechwood so very good absorption of epoxy.

[@offcenterharbor]

There's a lot of conflict surrounding sheathing classic wooden boats, too much to be solved here. I've refinished lapstrake boats before, and just based on that I would say sheathing one would be maddening.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Beautifull design and execution it would be the perfect motor boat to do the Great Loop in a backwards / Counter Clockwise rotatation IMO why that way ? because you would have following Seas heading south on the Mississippi , no Airconditioning or much heat would be needed. perhaps a Mr Buddy could take the chill off a cool evening ? or a portable Inverter / Generator could run a small space heater that you could Blanket or Tarp the Cabin area off if needed the fuel economy. might even go up a bit ?

[@jameseley897]

when i put the epoxy i mix in a little bit of sawdust then sand is down with 240 3m sand papper then give it a second coat of epoxy ten put the cloth on

[@Zircon_215]

Great video! Did you have to sand the pre-coated layer of epoxy before installing the fibreglass?

[@fisheater844]

Yes, watch more of Russell’s videos

[@josephlai9759]

Thank you for sharing an invaluable lesson, especially regarding the necessity to remove the thick strand at the end. One thing which I have seen other boat builders do is to prime the wood first with epoxy before laying down the cloth. Have you done that already, or your method only require a straight on glassing over? Appreciate your kind reply. Thank you once again.

[@shinnosuke150]

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[@janzahoran9868]

@@shinnosuke150 please did you noticed which kind of roller he use? Thank you

[@shinnosuke150]

@@janzahoran9868 It's probably a West System 800 foam roller cover or something similar with a 1/4" nap.

[@benjamindemeo7766]

What do you do to address the extra glass hanging off the gunnells?

[@praisebewibble]

Thanks for some great tips. Appreciated

[@jameseley897]

if u want u can put sanding sealer on the plywood first so ur not wasting ur epoxy sanding sealey 5 L is very cheap and u can put fine sawdust in it to make it thicker so it fills up the grain on the plywood

[@brandtl1486]

What part of process does one wear respiratory protection?

[@Traderhood]

Is it 6oz cloth?

[@tommygrngo]

I wonder if he or anyone else has tried the japanese technique of ‘Shou sugi ban’ prior to epoxy coat?

[@Rjtaylor12]

Most people say to wet the wood, I'm curious as to why you did not.

[@naimanahsap7689]

Berapa waktu pengeringan epoxy

[@stevetucker2533]

Is there a need for more layers?

[@nateface]

Not of fiberglass - this is it for this boat.

[@Tumbling_Dice]

Is this Tally Ho`s tender?

[@3Beehivesto300]

Is this a plywood boat? Lol I read the description of the video and it said plywood boat.

[@wild-radio7373]

Awesome ♡♡♡ 🤜🏻👍🤛🏻

[@ugoroche6347]

Where are the next videos? Don’t you talk of a série of 10?

[@offcenterharbor]

You can check out more videos at the link in the description!

[@ignatpulya3621]

Never do this!!! The surface must be coated with resin before applying the fabric. Necessarily !!!

[@blainejeffreys]

Purdy

[@bipedalhominid6815]

Bro just pour it on and start squeegeeing