Repairing boats for a living is what I do. Fiberglass, gelcoat, paint and woodworking are my specialties. Basically if it deals with making a boat look it's best, or structurally sound that's what I do. If you are a DIY boat owner, this is the channel for you! I keep it simple and straight forward, explaining the how's and why's things are done the way they are done. Would love to have you subscribe to my channel and visit my website where I have additional information for each video! www.BoatworksToday.com Thank you!
That regulator, I think, is supposed to be mounted vertically so that the vent port faces down. If ice is accumulating inside the vent and plugging it, then it won't work. FYI The cover needs to vent so that it does not have any pressure difference in the air inside and out for the regulator to work. Glad you surgery went well, and the recovery is progressing. PS paint it with AwlGrip, and maybe some soft sand for safety!
Quick question about the TotalBuff. I'm pulling my boat out in November to have a bottom job done and I am wanting to buff the topsides while it is on the hard. How many bottles would you recommend for a 42 foot monohull sailboat? Thanks for the education you provide.
This is what I use for compounding Alexseal and most other buffable paints. Have not tried it with metal. In regards to paints, just need to be sure that the paint itself is able to be buffed (Awlgrip for example is not a buffable paint)
Sorry you must live with a member of the FOOD POLICE! 😂 I'm 72 and I eat what I want, (with in reason) but my oldest daughter is a member. I'm NOT SAYING FOLLOW ME! But life is to short to run my life eating KALE!
How much would it cost to purchase the smallest quantity of the recommended materials? Seems that would add up very quickly for small repairs on a small boat. Hope you feel better.
You can see what materials make sense for what you have coming up and check out their website for pricing. I do believe they have free shipping on orders :-)
I have some stress cracks in a no slip surface. I there a "cheat" that can be done that avoids grinding, glassing and faring a surface that would be very difficult to match?
I did a hull repair on a jet ski some dummy ran up on the rocks. I ground out the full depth crack. Since i couldn't access the top, i used a piece of 1/4" coosa that would fit behind it, and drilled a tiny hole in it so i could run a piece of fishing line in it so I could pass the coosa into the hole sideways and then I had something I could pull against to hold it in place while the thickened resin i used to adhere it cured. Once cured, I cut the line, glassed and faired, then used a Preval sprayer to spray black gelcoat. Since it was already pretty smooth i hit it with 600-2000 grit then buffed it out. Looked brand new. Too bad the rest of the hull was scratched to hell 🫤
We use Totalbuff at our boat yard because it really does work. It's out performed 3m, some fancy French shit we had- everything. And it's way more affordable than the lesser performing options
@boatworkstoday It's almost time to pull the boat out of the water. These types of videos keep me focused on the things that I should do. BTW Get Well FAST!
@@boatworkstoday Perfect. If you can cover the various thin belt sanders that would be great. I just bought the 1/2" WEN because of the price and it's 120V, but will likely buy the Milwaukee 12V 3/8" and 1/2" units as they are nice and compact and rotate 360 degrees. Plus I have other tools from them in that series.
Seems like the boats I get have crazed hatch panels and often crazed windows. Do you have any sources for buying the window material, buying panels precut to fit various hatch frames or having them cut to fit? Thanks. Good videos.
Andy - would adding a pigment to the first layer of unwaxed (plain) gelcoat, followed afterwards by a white waxed layer (so you can easily see where it is/isn't) work? Serious question... just wondering if the pigment would effect the first unwaxed coat to second coat adhesion. Edit ~ So glad to hear you're healing well. I follow your channel like its on-line College courses. lol (seriously) HUGE DOUBLE 👍
Good day sir I have a question would lacquer thinner damage getcoat or the Fiberglass reason I’m asking is some one befor me spray paint a trailer with there seadoo on it and never covered it up and it’s on there thick and rough would this work or would you recommend something else like buffing compound? Thank you for you video and time cheers
