Tips Revealed! - Fiberglassing a Boat Hull S3-E15

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Great tips for fiberglassing a boat hull. In building "Victoria", the 9' tender for "Arabella", boat builder Bob Emser shows the proper way to add fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to the boat hull. Several tips are revealed from making perfect epoxy fillets, adding micro-balloon fairing filler, final sanding too priming with 2 part epoxy primer.
Why one layer of fiberglass cloth? One of the goals of building the tender is that Steve Denette requested the boat be as light and strong as possible. He is fully aware that those two requests will be a balancing act to dial in the correct proportions. The answer came quite easily when we discussed Victorias construction with John Harris, owner of Chesapeake Light Craft. The full discussion can be viewed on A2A video “LIVE from 2022 The WoodenBoat Show”
One question I posed to John was other stronger fabrics like such as Dynel and Xynole both are much higher in abrasion resistance. Unfortunately they also require a lot more resin to wet out, as much as three times more than glass cloth. Because of the large weigh difference John’s recommendation was a single layer of glass cloth on the outside and inside of the hull. The combination of inside and outside will give the best weight to strength ratio.
“When such a resin (epoxy) is reinforced with glass fibers the resulting composite can have a tensile strength between 45,000-50,000 psi. It also becomes extremely resistant to impact damage. This high strength for the relative low weight is the fundamental reason that fiberglass composites are popular.”
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  • @samanderson7745
    @samanderson7745 Жыл бұрын

    Bob Emser is literally the Bob Ross of boat building. Calm demeanor, knowledgeable, and charitable with passing his knowledge on. Great work Bob, I'm looking forward to when Victoria gets to settle into her home on Arabella!

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sam! I appreciate your kind thoughts. Thanks for watching! Bob

  • @petraberta

    @petraberta

    Жыл бұрын

    Read

  • @davidc6510

    @davidc6510

    Жыл бұрын

    The Bob Ross of boat building ... that totally fits this channel! Happy planks, smooth calm paint, lovely lines, and just plain beautiful.

  • @Bilabius
    @Bilabius Жыл бұрын

    Steve is going to have one fine tender. Your attention to detail and his match up quite nicely.

  • @cadalot58
    @cadalot58 Жыл бұрын

    She is getting more and more beautiful with each video and so much work goes into the preparation of each step, it's going to be a really special moment when Victoria is united with Arabella.

  • @rexmyers991
    @rexmyers991 Жыл бұрын

    Victoria is taking shape. It is BEAUTIFUL.

  • @rickestabrook4987
    @rickestabrook4987 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding Bob. Looking forward to the tiller challenge. I sense some bronze casting might be coming up. Thanks

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Rick, Indeed already have some castings in the works.

  • @plainnpretty

    @plainnpretty

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m looking forward to the tiller challenge.

  • @anthonyrondolino8148
    @anthonyrondolino8148 Жыл бұрын

    What an artist and teacher you are. Its an outstanding project and, perhaps more significant than your skills, is your generosity in providing this beautiful gift to Steve and the A2A project.

  • @johnkatakowsi9907
    @johnkatakowsi990718 күн бұрын

    Thanks for your observations i was wondering about the second and third coats !!!!!!!😀

  • @TrapShooter68
    @TrapShooter68 Жыл бұрын

    Teachers are born, not made. Bob, you're a natural born teacher! Thanks!

  • @aaronpreston47
    @aaronpreston47 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful work Bob. You aren’t just building a boat, you’re building a piece of history.

  • @rick91443
    @rick91443 Жыл бұрын

    Waiting for Sunday Lunch; perfect! Always good for the soul if not for the appetite!....rr Normandy, Fra.

  • @thesoupin8or673
    @thesoupin8or673 Жыл бұрын

    She's really starting to look like a boat, Bob! Great stuff

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 Жыл бұрын

    Dog gone it Bob that is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

  • @chuckwolf8540
    @chuckwolf8540 Жыл бұрын

    Another great episode sir

  • @anonymous_protagonist
    @anonymous_protagonist Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work like always, Bob! Thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA
    @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA Жыл бұрын

    Super excited to see the progress! Thank You!

  • @johnb6763
    @johnb6763 Жыл бұрын

    So fun to see this getting done. Thank you for posting it made my day.

  • @jamesworsham125
    @jamesworsham125 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice! I can hardly wait for the next episode.

  • @kimber1958
    @kimber1958 Жыл бұрын

    beautiful work

  • @tomtruesdale6901
    @tomtruesdale6901 Жыл бұрын

    She is coming right along and looking great.

  • @kevinleeobermeyer5601
    @kevinleeobermeyer5601 Жыл бұрын

    Turning out beautifully, Bob!

  • @h2energynow
    @h2energynow Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work.

  • @allmomomosthomebus3895
    @allmomomosthomebus3895 Жыл бұрын

    This will be the finest tender any cruiser has had.

  • @plakor6133
    @plakor6133 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful boat, beautifully done video. Your work is impeccable. Thanks, Bob!

  • @charlesmoore456
    @charlesmoore456 Жыл бұрын

    Simply amazing!

  • @michaelc.3812
    @michaelc.3812 Жыл бұрын

    Terrific job Bob.

  • @TTM-GEB
    @TTM-GEB Жыл бұрын

    Fiberglass Cloth - YES this is the way to do it... You are spot on with using a roller to apply epoxy to and through the cloth. Pouring on and spreading with a scraper is NOT a good way, using a roller is by far the best way.

  • @nick.caffrey
    @nick.caffrey Жыл бұрын

    American workmanship at its finest!

  • @stevecourtney8572
    @stevecourtney8572 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing job always fun to watch

  • @cheeseburger347
    @cheeseburger347 Жыл бұрын

    Well done

  • @Frebarros
    @Frebarros2 ай бұрын

    Great video and tips. Thank you for that.

  • @keithkrause3386
    @keithkrause3386 Жыл бұрын

    Once again, simply awesome. A pleasure to watch you and learn.

  • @tomk1762
    @tomk1762 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Bob for all the tips on fiberglassing! We are about at the same stage with our strip hull kayak so the timing is perfect. I really appreciate your instruction and channel!

  • @rrdner5700sbcglob
    @rrdner5700sbcglob Жыл бұрын

    Superb, careful boatbuilding. Beautiful hull. I look forward to every episode. So glad you were tasked with this for Arabella's tender!

  • @xCoolBreezex
    @xCoolBreezex Жыл бұрын

    Great work

  • @jeffschulteis9168
    @jeffschulteis9168 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching you work!

  • @mattevans-koch9353
    @mattevans-koch9353 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Bob for an outstanding episode. Victoria is looking fantastic. Looking forward to seeing her color go on and what you do with the tiller and rudder. Have a great week ahead.

  • @golfdrtool947
    @golfdrtool947 Жыл бұрын

    I love to watch someone that has a passion for what they do. Thanks for sharing.

  • @JimOHalloran
    @JimOHalloran Жыл бұрын

    Such beautiful workmanship and attention to detail Bob. Victoria is going to be quite the little boat!

  • @howardmarshall5713
    @howardmarshall5713 Жыл бұрын

    Nice work Mr. Emser. Sorry about my patience missing your airing of episode 15 last weekend. It was worth the wait. Great job 👍

  • @TonyHammitt
    @TonyHammitt Жыл бұрын

    Great work Bob! She really looks good.

  • @mrvertigo23
    @mrvertigo23 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant episode yet again

  • @ArcticSeaCamel
    @ArcticSeaCamel Жыл бұрын

    Neat! Hadn't come across this filling method before! Looking so good! 😍

  • @TotalBoat
    @TotalBoat Жыл бұрын

    Excellent tips and tricks! Victoria is coming along beautifully!

  • @olenduschannel7714
    @olenduschannel77149 ай бұрын

    Nice sharing rebuilt boat fibreglass ❤

  • @Rennrogue
    @Rennrogue Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for another enjoyable and enlightening video!

  • @mikevogdes3940
    @mikevogdes3940 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video👍

  • @gordonquickstad
    @gordonquickstad Жыл бұрын

    Way to go! Looks great.

  • @Rsama60
    @Rsama60 Жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to see her finished.

  • @pusetgeorges5738
    @pusetgeorges573810 ай бұрын

    Bon et beau travail !!! Bravo !!!

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919. Жыл бұрын

    Amazing quality work as always, that is beautiful too. It is great to see your careful attention to detail, whilst maintaining a decent work rate. All the best from the U.K.

  • @jossmaxwell00
    @jossmaxwell00 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, the fibre glassing, you made it look so easy. The tender is moving at a good pace and I sure Steve will be delighted when its finished.

  • @michaelrehfisch96
    @michaelrehfisch96 Жыл бұрын

    Bob thank you for this great episode.

  • @jedrzejborowy8543
    @jedrzejborowy8543 Жыл бұрын

    Your work is art. I admire your attention to detail. Watching many of your videos, I had the opportunity to gain knowledge helpful in renovating my old wooden yacht. Thank you and best regards.

  • @MarthaPulgarin509
    @MarthaPulgarin509 Жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @arnhemseptember2009
    @arnhemseptember2009 Жыл бұрын

    Looking better and better!

  • @PESCAENGA12
    @PESCAENGA128 ай бұрын

    very nice work

  • @charlesmyhill
    @charlesmyhill Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating!

  • @medickaisu
    @medickaisu Жыл бұрын

    What a great episode. Much accomplished and very satisfying to watch.

  • @davidcogan9163
    @davidcogan9163 Жыл бұрын

    It's good to see master's at work great job guys

  • @MrJohnBos
    @MrJohnBos Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely lovely. I look forward to seeing her float. Great instructional video about using epoxy. Thanks.

  • @user-vb1lh2ws7d
    @user-vb1lh2ws7d Жыл бұрын

    장인정신이네요. very nice video

  • @stanmoderate4460
    @stanmoderate4460 Жыл бұрын

    Looking good Bob. My brother who was a professional painter told me to store your paint cans upside down, especially a few days or weeks before use. This way the solids end up on the lid, half mix themselves when you right the can, and don't have to be dredged off the bottom of the can in order to mix.

  • @redrockroger
    @redrockroger Жыл бұрын

    Extremely excellent videos. You give sufficient information of each step to convey the techniques used and reasons for using them, as well as mentioning alternatives. You don't bore us with hours and hours of sanding that is basically the same for the duration. Love your channel. 👍👍👍👍

  • @Twelvestonestacking
    @Twelvestonestacking Жыл бұрын

    I love your methodology! I don't seem to be able to duplicate it, but I love it! Craftsmanship at its highest level! Goodonyas!

  • @ulie1960
    @ulie1960 Жыл бұрын

    While watching the last moments of Bob painting the hull, I see a small speck on the hull..... it took me a moment to realise that there was a speck on my screen.... but then since we know Bob is some kind of a pefectionist, this was the only thing that could have been the reason that I saw a speck in the first place. Beautyful work from Bob again.

  • @Meier760

    @Meier760

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @JakobEngl
    @JakobEngl Жыл бұрын

    Great Video !

  • @asakurad
    @asakurad Жыл бұрын

    Just lovely.

  • @eyema_pierat8993
    @eyema_pierat8993 Жыл бұрын

    Looks great.

  • @frank64409
    @frank64409 Жыл бұрын

    Just amazing!

  • @jasondohrman7098
    @jasondohrman7098 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome love the videos as always

  • @dion9146
    @dion9146 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent solution. Very classy and functional.

  • @johnanderson8096
    @johnanderson8096 Жыл бұрын

    Thank You For Making.... Our Pleasure... No Doubt!!!

  • @gregorymuller763
    @gregorymuller763 Жыл бұрын

    Perfectionist at work!

  • @kerrykrishna
    @kerrykrishna Жыл бұрын

    I have been following Arabella now for years. IThis is the first one of your pieces of that puzzle I have seen though. What a terrific job on all of it,. GREAT filming/ editing too!

  • @manuaiipondraken6940
    @manuaiipondraken6940 Жыл бұрын

    I am already learning some new technique from this video.

  • @krockpotbroccoli65
    @krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын

    She looks great! This is definitely going to come in handy when I start refurbishing my little 8 ft fiberglass dinghy that was probably made in the 50s or 60s and had been sitting in a neighbor's yard for decades and in my yard for the past few years.

  • @Slikx666
    @Slikx666 Жыл бұрын

    Victoria is looking really nice. 😀👍

  • @annteve
    @annteve Жыл бұрын

    You stay so clean.

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work, Bob! 😃 I should confess, I like wooden boats with the wood visible... But it's looking sweet with the primer! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @johnlinehan9053
    @johnlinehan9053 Жыл бұрын

    Perfection. You never make mistakes.👏👏

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi John, I wish that was true. I just try to do my best. Thanks for watching! Bob

  • @TwZlr.
    @TwZlr. Жыл бұрын

    I love what you do.

  • @JamesMeyerArt
    @JamesMeyerArt3 ай бұрын

    I have a general question: I recently bought a 1965 blue Jay wooden sailboat, that I would like to fiberglass, the bottom has been painted since 1965. it is made out of thin plywood do I have to take the hull down to bare wood? or can I just generally sand the hull? I will read down and see if any one has asked this queston

  • @edemkumah5248
    @edemkumah5248 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @prankishsquire2663
    @prankishsquire2663 Жыл бұрын

    Early coffee. I'm thrilled.

  • @josephkoziol5421
    @josephkoziol5421 Жыл бұрын

    That was an extra good episode. Lots of solid content.

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @CorwynGC
    @CorwynGC Жыл бұрын

    We finally get to see her lines. Looking great. Traditionally, a rudder like that would be removable, with the pintels and gudgeons slip fit, held in by gravity and a safety line. Curious to see what you come up with.

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Dirk, Yes, I show the transom treatment in S3-E11 kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGmayqRvcZuwk6g.html In the next video I'll be showing how the finish surface is handled. Thanks for watching! Bob

  • @georgefrench1907
    @georgefrench1907 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.👍

  • @musicbro8225
    @musicbro8225 Жыл бұрын

    I'm looking forward to learning what manner of beast an 'out whale' is ;) Also seeing the inside will be exciting for me. It's such a beautiful shape. The wonders of boat building seem deep and bountiful, I love it!

  • @dilboat

    @dilboat

    Жыл бұрын

    The gunwales (pronounced gunnel) of a boat are reinforcing strips of wood that run on the inside and outside of the top of the boat to give it strength and rigidity. Otherwise the side of the boat would flex too much. The outwale is the outside gunwale.

  • @musicbro8225

    @musicbro8225

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dilboat Thank you kindly, well explained. So not even related to the whale then :) One of the wonders of naval heritage would definitely be the wordage (etymology).

  • @nathansteinberger3634
    @nathansteinberger3634 Жыл бұрын

    Parabéns pelo capricho

  • @iowadownstream6120
    @iowadownstream6120 Жыл бұрын

    Echo the tip on laying the fiberglass down dry. I made a go at placing mine wet. Sticky mess. Bubbles, creases, etc...Thanks Bob!

  • @FlyNineVictor
    @FlyNineVictor Жыл бұрын

    Old painters trick. When pouring from a paint can , tuck a twisted paper towl into the lid groove with a screw driver before pouring. Pull it out after pouring and you have a clean easy to reseal can.

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice one! I’ll give it a try.

  • @jameslarson6555
    @jameslarson6555 Жыл бұрын

    Fastidious in such a good way! Excellent episode

  • @OrcaboatsCa
    @OrcaboatsCa Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work, Bob. It is coming along nicely. But from someone who has breathed in much too much dangerous stuff in my shop, I do however find it hard to watch you sand without a mask and brush all that dust into the air rather than vacuum it up.

  • @cristrigotti9933
    @cristrigotti9933 Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @OwenFromOhio
    @OwenFromOhio Жыл бұрын

    Perfection!

  • @rainbowchild63
    @rainbowchild63 Жыл бұрын

    Hello,Bob! As always perfect! I wish you all the best!

  • @likbronangperahufiberglass
    @likbronangperahufiberglass4 ай бұрын

    Super Grandpa....The Best dah , luar biasa...Salam Hormat from Lik Bronang Chanel

  • @user-ny4zm8ux8y
    @user-ny4zm8ux8y27 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your video I liked it ,yes I will see for next video.

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    23 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @javierherrera6389
    @javierherrera6389 Жыл бұрын

    Gracias por dejar ver su trabajo.Esta quedando hermoso.bendiciones.

  • @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    @TheArtofBoatBuilding

    Жыл бұрын

    un placer, gracias por ver

  • @asharali159
    @asharali1599 ай бұрын

    Wow I’m learning well from you sir 👍thanks for teaching so well 🤗 regards Bobbyash

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