Under Your Boat's Floor! Bulkheads & Bilge Paint!

[@BornAgainBoating]

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[@tazblink]

I really appreciate you showing the kicked off resin screw up, no one on youtube shows what its really like doing any kind of work anymore all those F-ups are covered up or edited out. Its nice to see a honest guy doing good work and not afraid to show what happened. Thanks for sharing a very helpful video.

[@IOMFishing]

Really good info, also nice to see channels acknowledging each other, Andy is a true glass artist!

[@Rubbernecker]

Great video as always. Quickly becoming my favorite channel! I have my own project boat underway and your videos always seem to be so well timed! Nice nod to Andy, BTW...

[@BornAgainBoating]

Thank you! Glad we can help Andy :)

[@davida6383]

To help wetting out fiberglass you can put a heavier build up of resin before setting piece to laminate especially on flat areas. You can also use a bondo type spreader to work the fiberglass resin in and get bubbles out with . I order like 50 4in generic brand spreaders on amazon for $15 or less. Just a couple things I wanted to share that may help you now or in the future.

[@jcl1201]

👍 nice work.. make sure you let the commercials play everything helps our favorite YT channels..

[@OfficerDave78]

Amazing !!! That boat came a long way. Already cant wait for next weeks video.

[@efrainberrios8494]

Really that’s a great video!, thanks for posting!

[@andrewschoenfeldt5620]

Have a lot of fibreglass insulation as I’m insulating the shop. Used that as a thickener to hold the resin as I shoved it in to build up the cracks

[@mahimahiaddictioncesargonz5445]

Andie and you are Awesome. Great job buddy. Finally reserved my dates in Key Colony, my friends house. June/ July 2020

[@ericloar305]

Andy's the man!

[@_noname617]

pre-treating wood with 2 coats of resin's best. so when laying glass the wood won't soak up the resin and won't peel or crack

[@hankschrader149]

And now back to technicians Tuesday! Took a 5 intermission was texting my neighbor about salmon fishing haha👍👍 great video Aaron! Guuud stuff bro!!

[@hawkeyemarine]

Looking good!

[@esurcylimaf4335]

You are correct in what you say about Andy,he sure is the fibreglassing God.I like your channel too tho.

[@andrewfyakim525]

I find this so VERY interesting, and learn so much watching your videos..... (But I hope I never have the need to do this much fiberglass lay-up!).... Thank you for your Channel and all your videos....

[@hullpros7380]

Very nice video. Worth watching, thank you!! 👍

[@mc2000Gmc]

Great shows. Can you make a video on how you mix,prep, and finish your gelcoat. And what gun you use. Thank you so much 👍👍

[@BornAgainBoating]

:/ I have someone else spray the gel coat lol I have never been good at painting :)

[@aaronwood3540]

Soon as you said boat works Andy I went and subscribed. I know how to work the glass from working on vetts. But I don't know the material that well. And would believe I came across a full rope of that heavy woven glass for like 2 bucks at an auction. I wasn't sure what it was but I knew it was glass and worth way more than I paid for it lol

[@OfficerDave78]

I can’t wait for tomorrow’s video !

[@summertimehighyt273]

Any advice on taking up old fiberglassed over wood that they fiberglassed it to the stringers?? I wanted to remove the floor and the started to find out its pretty much impossible to get it all up cleanly

[@ikashibimauler]

Oh man 5200 on the panel... Is that going to be impossible to raise? Is there something a bit more removable a person could use instead? I have emotional scarring from 5200 used in semi permanent applications.

[@BornAgainBoating]

You can use Boat Life Life Caulk :) But 4200 has a better and longer lasting seal to it. Remember, on a boat, everything eventually leaks lol

[@1stontario]

I.m glad you took care of all the negative comments from the last video. It should have explain to the experts why you.re doing it this way.b

[@omcbob37]

NIce series of videos. Just wondering why after all the work of tearing out a mess of rotted wood and replacing it with the nice Coosa board, the bulkhead, floor piece and floor support framing was rebuilt using wood again. Other than the higher cost for composite, why not use a composite material here as well?? Small pennies in the scheme of the overall repair cost.

[@BornAgainBoating]

You're correct, a lot came down to the cost, as well as the time crunch to get the videos done and uploaded, and multiple other projects going on when I did this. Behind the scenes of a video can play a big part in a project :/

[@NeverEnoughPyro40]

I am sure his decision came down to money, With that said it is not like this wood is going to rot overnight! My boat is a 1987 2288 cuddy walk around with a 4.3 L sterndrive! Except for the fuel tank cover that I replaced last year, I have no other right whatsoever! I have owned this boat since 1995 and it is docked in salt water on the East Coast all summer every summer! Most of the time when you have wood rotting out on boats it is usually because of the quality of workmanship that is performed on boat by usually by the owners! Everything must be sealed when replacing or installing!

[@FishOnForte]

That’s a serious process!

[@BornAgainBoating]

Yeah, it's pretty time consuming lol. Hey did you get my message about the trim switch on your video?

[@FishOnForte]

I must have missed it. Checking now.

[@FishOnForte]

Wife had my switch ready for me when I got home today!😀

[@BornAgainBoating]

@@FishOnForte that's awesome! Lol

[@kranson8514]

Keep it going will be done in no time just press the fast forward tab. 😉😂👍

[@brandonmorton7399]

I have a random question for you about a optimax is it true there is a good and a bad compressor and what it the physical difference so I can tell witch one is witch.

[@henrycole8705]

I tried it. but when i got done there was a bunch of screws sticking out the bottom. I feared it could cause a leak? or possibly slow the top speed down a tad?

[@pierremitham2964]

You should consider switching from roving and mat to 1708 biaxial. The finished product is much better and tends to require less sanding and produces a stronger laminate with less work. If you use peel ply it gets even better!

[@j.c187]

I half to do a repair on a 23ft robalo that someone else already did but had so much glass delamination it needs to done over from scratch. Cant save any of it. Unless I can get the old glass off..hmmm maybe

[@BornAgainBoating]

You'll probably have to cut it out and start over :(

[@jasonu1123]

Great vid!

[@terrykeeton6347]

Dual seastar tournament steering cylinders on cat boat, dual stations, P/A pump and auto pilot, and liquid tie bar. Bleed system thoroughly and checked connections using power purge system. Engines slowly lose tracking and no longer stay in tandem. Any thoughts?

[@MrBarneyrolivera]

I have a question, I'm not supposed to put fast bonding foam between the gas tank

[@BornAgainBoating]

I don't foam in fuel tanks anymore. You can if you want to, but I've found that it tends to hold water up against the tank and it is better to have the tank screwed to the boat and have the ability to breathe. Getting air around the tank is a good thing

[@fishtig1]

Try a proper roller to roll the air out of the glass

[@aj.roseby4695]

Do you boys over there not radius your corners to so as not to get air voids.

[@Brad-id7ge]

Finally it's Tuesday..

[@davidrodriguez5804]

So where you able to fix the problem with your computer?

[@BornAgainBoating]

Sort of, either I've got a RAM stick that is failing or the motherboard is failing. Only blue screens of death when trying to upload a video. So it's possible that a RAM stick fails when dumping a huge amount of memory, or there is something bugging in the motherboard :(

[@douglasthompson2740]

How are you ever going to access the fuel tank in the future if you 5200 that panel in place? Fuel tanks are notorious for needing inspection and service. 5200 is pretty permanent stuff while they do make a "debonder" for it it has its limitations and isn't able to work in all situations. There are other products that would work well and not be quite so permanent. Enjoy your videos.

[@BornAgainBoating]

Thank you! Also, in this boat, with the age of the boat, and the brand new tank. Whenever that tank needs to be replaced, the deck will be soft and need to be replaced as well! And most manufactures already put the panels down with 5200 from the factory, so it would just come up the same way I had to get it up the first time :)

[@thediplomasta5891]

I had a nightmare once, that was just like this. 😱

[@donpetrey8007]

No fin roller and only one layer of glass on the inside sounds like problems to me

[@mwatkins2464]

I didn’t see you fiberglass the bottom side of your wood floor that’s joining the transom. It will rot away if you didn’t. You didn’t seal the sides either. I know you added the thickened resin to the sides to fill in the gaps but that will not seal all the sides from absorbing moisture . Maybe you did it off camera. Thanks for the video 👍👍

[@BornAgainBoating]

Yeah, it gets interesting trying to film the process and do the work, then edit it all together and show all the processes. Sometimes not everything gets shown :) plus, I'm not a fiberglass expert either lol thank you for your support though!

[@mahimahiaddictioncesargonz5445]

Recomend me aluminum gas Builder. 60-70 gl. (72"-84)L ( 21") W (9") T Aguasport 19.6, No angles on tank. All flat Measurements

[@amc1325]

Who was the dude with no pants?

[@growlith6969]

The Bodger of Boats, you know you make me want to buy a hunk of crap and fix it whatever way I want and beat the crap out of it and fix it again.

[@johnpike5836]

Leaving your new boat out in the driveway in the rain. Then go go out and Pull the plug and watch the brown yukky water run out on the drive way. There's a reason why it's brown. The Under the deck of your boat isn't designed for or well ventilated. All that trapped moisture that doesn't drain out, stays in. If yer gonna make that kind of financial commitment and end up with it sitting in the drive way, even if it's got a custom tonneau, condensation will seek out regions below deck.

[@jamesrivers6853]

I'm confused here the bulkhead that you put in you glass the one side of it towards the fuel tank you dropped it in and then you took your sealing agent your whatever you want to call it your cabosil or silicon whatever. And then you glassed-in and then up into your stringers but what about your peace face in the gas tank it's just glass or did you glass to the stringers too cuz I did not see you do that. And if so it's just an accident waiting to happen. And then on your floor you glass the floor flipped it over with the glass was that glass set or was it still wet cuz I can assure you it's probably hanging down now it never probably adhere to it the plywood things that marine plywood you're using

[@atthebrink74]

Epoxy, Epoxy, Epoxy! Poly resin will absorb water. Epoxy is water proof. Spend the extra nickles for the right resin.

[@220SeaChaser]

I was questioning some things you were doing, but you just lost me at "used 5200" on the fuel tank panel.

[@thediplomasta5891]

Yeah, I was thinking maybe 4800? I've fought too many 5200 battles. 🥵

[@davidbowman5195]

Try wetting both sides of the mat on a piece of cardboard first.

[@ericdavi1231]

Oh dang! I just noticed that’s a three piece boat! Can’t believe I never paid attention to that until now. What are some other three piece boats that don’t already get a ton of attention? (other than seavee, contender, Jupiter, Parker, yellowfin etc...)

[@mwatkins2464]

Eric Davis what are you talking about with a 3 piece boat??? It doesn’t come apart you know!!!

[@robertwood4073]

"Completely saturated with resin...." I haven't seen one lay up with a mat or weave completely saturated lol. Delam in no time...

[@donpetrey8007]

You are going to hate life when that fuel Tank ruptures or rots out

[@NeverEnoughPyro40]

Why would the fuel tank rupture or rot out, He probably won’t even on that boat by the time the fuel tank goes bad if it goes bad! My boat is 33 years old in my fuel tank is as good as new! It is docked in salt water all summer long, And the boat gets covered with tons of moisture absorbing containers throughout the boat in the winter! The key to owning a reliable saltwater boat is to flush the engine and wash the boat from top to bottom and front to back after every use! Even if I do not use my boat I make sure I give it a good rinsing once a week due to the salt air alone!

[@donpetrey8007]

@@NeverEnoughPyro40 ok well I work for a company and we change replace fuel tanks regularly from rot fatigue and all sorts of things

[@davidd8435]

I bet you didn't know you would have to be a carpenter to work on boats.

[@carlaschenkel5844]

Andy is the king of dipsticks . He talks too much and doesn't do enough work and makes more work for himself

[@codywbhs]

Looks like you made the same minor mistakes as you did in your transom project. Lots of air thats wasnt rolled out and some un saturated glass. Not being an expert isnt a excuse to not learn from past mistakes

[@Grottolova]

First!

[@br5498]

In all that's Holy why would you use 3m 5200 to seal that hatch !! I'm now convinced more than ever to never let my Aft Cabin out of sight around anyone that works in a Marina as a glass guy... You should read that tube of 5200. Life Caulk would've done the job fine and you'd still be able to remove the hatch....

[@ericdavi1231]

Tony Alexander ... yeah, I’ve got mad respect for 5200. I caught my rub rail with a scuba tank rolling over the side one day. I applied some 5200 and threw a clamp on it until the stuff dried as a temporary fix. That was 2 years ago!!

[@br5498]

@@ericdavi1231 oh yeah that's my point, once you use that stuff it's stuck ! That hatch ain't ever coming up once that 5200 sets up.. we call it F' the next guy

[@ericdavi1231]

Tony Alexander ... yeah, I never knew what it was capable of until I had the rub rail issue. When they say “ADHESIVE caulk”, they mean it!

[@peterp.2796]

Now this boat is garbage