Great Stuff! Always good to see real world problem solving and application in action. As for the "Roll and Tip", I can never get enough pointers on this subject. So bring it on!
Hey Andy, I just wanted to let you know I embarked on making a glassfiber top box for my motorcycle 2 years ago, and I saw your videos for inspiration and tips and tricks. Today I finishen it. Thanks for all the help! :)
Yes, a rolling-and-tipping program would be great, especially with something about selecting a brush for tipping. And what rollers work best for which applications/paints. Also, any suggestions for cleanup in moorages would be helpful. A lot of moorages have provision for disposing of used oil but not for used solvent, paint, thinner, etc. As always, great program!
I understand the note completely. I renovated my old house to sell before moving to the coast a couple years ago. There was an unused space under a counter in the corner where two base cabinets met that was going to be closed up. We had this old fancy glass fish about 8" tall that had a broken fin. We glued in onto the floor in that space and left a placard that read "Bob the Magic Renovation Fish" the date and our names for the next person that remodeled the kitchen.
Whats up man.im from trinidad west indies and i must say i do enjoy your work..i myself currently giving my boat an extra board and i know the extremities that you go through that the normal person doesnt know but very good work.
yes on roll and tip video, maybe you could also do a paint comparison between the Cheap rustoleum topside from home depot and a total boat or awl grip product.
Yes! Yes! Roll and tip please...I'm about to do a bottom paint job on a trailer sailor with the gel coat bubbling (osmosis ) Great videos with great character!
Yes. a roll and tip video would be awesome. Since you asked, I have been wondering about the differences between painting hull-sides above and below the waterline and painting topsides. Plus can you paint over nonskid decking without filling in the voids in the gelcoat checkering?
Add my vote to rolling and tipping. I have just recently acquired a sailing dingy that needs a repair and I plan to paint the entire hull. A good "Andy" video on how to do that smartly would be great.
Yes, roll and tip would be awesome! Just starting to awlgrip my ‘64 Chris Craft Dory 22 and really fretting over whether to roll / tip or spray. Would love to get you take on the process.
I do the same stuff leaving notes.. on my boat below the gas tank i epoxy painted a “got gas?” And below the carpet i wrote “Warning, carpet made of 100% asbestos fiber” with red paint and a stencil so it looks official..
Hoping to teach myself to repair my 1995 Sea Ray 200 Bowrider. Cutting into the floor I have discovered a wet, spongy, foam mess under the wood. I think I am going to have to take out the entire flooring deck to figure out the extent of the damage.
Have you ever tried using 17 oz biaxial matting without the chop strand matting with epoxy? I’ve been using on my boat project and it’s been working pretty good. Don’t use as much resin and laminations come out a lot more clean and clear. Also is not as thick so works well in areas where you want to fair even with other visual seen areas of boat.
Roll and Tip? Great topic because there are several videos about that but none explaining the process. If there is a possibility, please explain if the process changes for one pack or two pack paint.
I have some fish box inserts where the rim on the tub that supports itself has some cracks and chunks tore off. i would imagine the technique you used in this video would be close to what i need to do, but i was wondering if you have any tips or tricks to rebuild missing sections of a molded lip to a tub for a fishbox. Still a little intimidated to cut up my boat to fix things but your videos help a ton.
Question. I noticed there is a spot for drainage on the port side and there was a spot in the old starboard side that was cut out for drainage. With that being totally sealed now, will that be an issue in the future?
I found your videos when tring to repair a sears gamefisher 12' fiberglass john boat i have repaired the transom and holes in the bottom but now i am kind of stuck as the last repair is the gunwale is cracked and fiberglass in hull is also cracked. I started tapering the gunwale and gringing out the crack i found its rotted wood which i removed until its fairly strong again. Now i an not sure how to put it back all fiberglass or put wood in there to bridge crack and fiber glass over that . My daughter will thank you as well as l as she was ready to go out for a ride before i started . Please any advice would be appreciated . Not much help online with this type of repair thanks for your videos..
In general, on that size boat, what would be the hull thickness and what would the thickness of the glass attaching the stringers to the hull be? If you don’t want to answer I totally understand.
Hey Andy thanks for this great video. I needed this kind of video for my boat. I cut one section of my boat and I didn’t know how to fixed it. I looked all over RU-vid but suddenly your video popped up. I have so many boat bottom issues. I having hard time to fix it. It’s 3 layer but all separated from each other. I cut them off but now I am so nervous to put together. What should I do? Please help
Andy ,Nice classic blind repair job. I would only have used good polyester resin for that and got it done in a couple of hours but if you want to use epoxy go for it. you mentioned building out the well to a nice shape , for ready made panels have you used Coosa board?. great product.even if a little pricy , but the time you save.....invaluable. cheers warren
Different kind of OCD here... 1/16" = .0625", 1mm = .039375" While your only talking thousandths of an inch, fractionally speaking 1mm is about 2/3 of 1/16". 😁 I'm looking forward to your roll and tip tricks next week and as always, great video Andy. Thank you for sharing with us!
I know this area is not super structural, but I was surprised you tabbed over the bottom, but not the vertical sides? Or, where your 1708 sheets progressively larger/wider and ended up over the top of the sides essentially becoming “tabs”? Make sense?
I can imagine the dilemma of having some work done by Andy and now after watching this video losing sleep wondering if he left a secret message in your boat and the only way to find out would be to ruin the pristine craftmanship of his repair! Some men just want to watch the world burn! hahaha
Thanks for the video. I liked your bin bag work surface. Gets round the problem for which I've been trying to find a solution. Presumably you have to swap it when the resin starts gelling ir at what point? Thanks.
If I pay you for your time could you give me some personal tips or advice for fixing a boat that was given to me. The stringers are rotted out, I'm about to split the hull it's a 14ft procraft deluxe. I'll be fixing the floor as it's rotted out, putting more foam around the new stringers and building a new deck.
Hello andy, My namce is chance, me and my wife have recently bought a 1984 freedom 32 sail boat and the cock pit is pretty rotten and we would like to have a center cockpit sail boat. Is it possible to move the cockpit up and make it smaller to give the aft cabin more head room? What are your thoughts and is it possible?
Love your channel Andy. In general, how many layers of 1708 would you suggest for a structural repair in a boat? I’m adding stringers to a boat that used to be filled with foam... tabbing in stringers with 2 layers but also want to to glass in the boxes I’ve created (thin original hillsides that used to have foam behind it).
Hi Andy, Great vid as usual. A couple questions re 1708. Is it the same or similar to a product called "Nitex"? If it is, would you recommend using it on the bottom of a built in fish hold and also for the decking? How many layer for each area if so? The fish hold would be layered over a sheet of 3" insulating foam and 3/4" marine ply for the deck. Thanks for any info.
Tidy work as ever. Ive noticed you only use a foam roller, not a ribbed metal roller. Working on my own boat atm (polyester fibreglass), I ve noticed it is easy to create an enormous amount of waste with disposables. Myself I reuse all my mixing bowls and plastic mixing/ spread stick, even the plastic sheets used for non stick backing are reused. How do you minimize the waste impact on the environment, to fully enjoy unpolluted outdoors?
