DIY Boat Shrink Wrap hack using 6 mil poly Vapour barrier from Home Depot | Timelapse | winterizing

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DIY boat shrink wrap
This video is not meant to be a used as a training video or how-to video on Professional Shrink wrapping.
Instead it is a record of me experimenting with readily available tools and materials from my local Home Depot. I consider this method of winterizing to be an economical upgrade from traditional tarps tied with rope.
Professional shrink wrap methods often include a perimeter band (belly band) instead of wrapping around the trailer frame. Professionals also use 4x4 posts with specially designed plastic caps for supports. Locally available workbench brackets with 2x4 studs were used in this video.
Professional shrink wrap film is 7 mil thick and has UV protection from the sun's rays. It is unknown to me what degree of UV protection 6 mil vapor barrier will offer.
Professional shrink wrap torches are ergonomic, have a fan shaped flame and self igniters. The roofing torch used in this video had none of those features, an upgrade to self igniter is a must have.
Plastic: 6mil poly vapour barrier Everbilt 240 in. x 1200 in.
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Torch: Lincoln Electric Inferno Propane Torch Kit
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@michaelbuffo1083 3 года назад

Seems to work great! I guess the only benefit with using opaque shrink wrap would be more UV protection. But that's pretty impressive.

@lugnutrichard 3 года назад

Very interesting and thank you for the knowledge.

@capt.craiglehrke4395 2 года назад

There's a huge difference between melting plastic to conform to a shape and shrink warp specific plastic that shrinks drum tight. By the appearance of the video it took all day and well into the night, shrink wrapping my boat takes an hour start to finish. Vapor barrier is not meant to be out in the elements and cold of winter. I'd suspect that its much more unforgiving in regars to flammability, who wants to set their boat on fire.

@faykos9267 2 года назад

Been using vapor barrier to wrap boats for ten years now, multiple boats per year. I also use it for outboards, snowmobiles and car parts, never had an issue. It shrinks like shrink wrap film but if you want to pay more for shrink wrap Go for it, i am just sharing the knowledge. Meanwhile, I will continue to use this for the convenience and cost savings. It gets dark early in this part of the world during this time of year. I only had a little bit of time in the evening after work before dark, also neighbors dropping by (edited out) slowed down the progress. It got dark before I could finish the first evening, finished up the second evening. It takes about the same amount of time as using shrink wrap film, couple hours per boat.

@faykos9267 2 года назад

Shrinks drum tight, just like shrink wrap film,. It doesn’t catch on fire, I have tried; it flames out in a couple seconds. Don’t mock things you don’t understand and have never tried.

@wildcatt085 2 года назад

beauty! I like it!

@conover1978 2 года назад

So it is possible. Veery cool

@Submanca 3 года назад

There dosen"t seem to be much difference between vapor barrier and the blue stuff.

@turbovtec5390 3 года назад

Did it held over the winter

@94hondaman1 2 года назад

Nope

@faykos9267 2 года назад

Ten winters, multiple boats, parts and ect. I have never had an issue with it not holding.

@AN-kg4ei Год назад

do you leave a vent/opening somewhere??

@faykos9267 Год назад

Yes, it is a challenge to seal around the transom. There is usually openings on each side of the outboard where air can get in/out. If you keep your boat on the water during the boating season it's a good idea to add vents when shrink wrapping. Fibreglass is permeable so boat hulls can absorb and hold moisture. That moisture can be released from the hull during the storage season and create humidity, causing mold . My boats are kept on trailers when not in use, their hulls are dry so I don't need to use vents. I have been wrapping multiple boats/Sea-doos for more than a decade without vents and never had mold (because my boats are dry, kept on trailers). I highly recommend that you use vents especially if your boat stays on the water when not in use. Even if you keep your boat on a trailer it is good insurance.