Making Perfect Epoxy Fillets 

I tried epoxy fillets for the first time today. I have to say, you are a master.

Great video. Looks so easy with no sanding needed. Having the sheets of ply coated in epoxy beforehand is by far the most efficient use of time, epoxy and produces the most even coatings as the epoxy can be applied with a sponge roller while sheets are laid flat. Nice !

Awesome video thank you for letting the video run real-time. So helpful!!

Top Class. I wish more people would look and learn!

Very adeptly done! Take me back to when I built my 17ft Chesapeake sea kayak, had 8years of fun with that, worth the effort🙂👌

Thanks so much! Super helpful! 💛😎

Great video!! Nice work! 😎

Apply with corner of bag cut, like icing. or tube it and cut a profile in applicator tip.

If you use a light bulb as your fillet tool, no matter what angle you hold the light bulb you will always get the perfect fillet

Really good job

You’ve helped me quite a bit. I’ve linked this video in my latest episode. Thanks!

Hanneke : Veel dank voor deze video!! Many thanks for this video!! :):) Groetjes!! :):)

Beautiful

I enjoy the contrast; fillet white with warmth of the mahogany (🤔I believe). Very clean, very well accomplished.

well done!

Thats beautiful neat work

Great video that was really helpful.. thanks a bunch I'm new at boat building and to build my own sail boat in the near future.. and I've been stuck trying to figure out how the heck the bridge deck and the hulls are joined is it simply bond and glass taped once in place ..? This would mean a lot to me if I could figure this out

I bought plastic heavy wall small bags used to carry goldfish and poked a short length of a piece of plastic irrigation 10mm hose through one corner, then rubber banded the bag corner over it to make it seal well. Cut the end of the plastic at a slight angle say 30 degrees, and put your filleting goo in the bag and close the end with a rubber band so now you can squeeze it out along the seam just like icing a cake. Then take a large popsicle stick or a tongue depressor, or as someone said, a light bulb, and put the final shape to the fillet bead. It saves a lot of mess and time.

Good video will you post anymore of the Mana building process?

… once you're done get seasick !… Great job !… Thanks for posting.

Is that a kind of epoxy glue or epoxy resin? I wish to bond two part of wood strongly.which one should i mix the glass bubble. Epoxy glue or epoxy resin (used for fiberglassing)

would it work to mix in a plastic bag and cut corner off and squeeze out like a pastry bag?

looks good.Whatabout putting mixture into a mastic container and apply with a gun ?

Yes its a very neat finish..i have done many fillet joints using Wood Flour from ur electric sander.strong No cost..u need to paint the 2 surfaces with epoxy resin before fillet.i would allways use a small electric fan close to the job...breathing epoxy fumes is not advise.able..

The fillet needs a wet coat of catalyzed epoxy resin before the filler is applied regardless of whether or not you have previously coated the ply. This alone doubles the strength of the joint. In addition, you can speed up the job by putting the filler in a plastic bag and applying ah-la cake decorator by cutting the corner of the bag and squeezing the thickened epoxy into the joint. I have done as many as three bulkheads at a time with this method, mixing as much as a quart of filler at a time with virtually no waste and very little cleanup on either side of the joint. A chip brush with the bristles cut in an arc can be used with more epoxy to clean up and seal the fillet in one stroke and will allow you to apply four oz. glass to the joint for maximum strength easily. Some boats have hundreds of feet of these fillets and you need to have a system to get it done or you'll never finish.

Can wood flour replace microspheres?

I use a makeshift pastry bag to lay down the filleting mixture... by makeshift I mean.. use a plastic food storage bag filled with the mixture and cut off one corner.. the angle of the cut depends on the amount of material I want to lay into the joint. squeeze it out at a constant rate.

Were the bulkheads covered in epoxy before assembly? if so, were they sanded prior to filleting? thanks for the instructions Hanneke.

I figure taping the edges of the fillet would help with the cleanup.

No glassing over fillet??

Only the glue? Why not tissue?

Thank you for showing me how to stir something I always wanted to know how to do that

Hi! Looking into making my first canoe. Does this method substitute the need to use fiberglass tape?

Dude those are the thickest fillets I've ever seen

I thought that west say you should prime the fillet area with raw epoxy before applying the mixture?

Answer is at 4:27

This is indeed a gorgeous, nearly perfect fillet. But I'm puzzled about the fillets on the two triangular "knees" visible in the background. There, the fillets are narrow to start with and taper to almost nothing where the inboard tip of the knee joins the panel. Why isn't the width of those fillets constant, like the one you show us how to lay down for the bulkhead?

There's a easier way. Try a cake icing bag. Faster cleaner, 2 passes you are done.

Why applying epoxy fillets in the inside if the outside is sealed with fiberglass?

I am a fan of glass microspheres as they are slightly stronger than the wood and sand easily. A clear video. I also recommend Mastering Epoxy With Russell Brown Part 1 and Part 2 here on RU-vid and his book by the same name. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yDoauHaOfBQ.html

What is the microsheres ? ! Do you mean microballoon ?

One part of the process you missed out - the very first thing you have to do - buy a Christmas Pudding & consume it, so you have a plastic bowl of perfect size for this job.

Uh, I thought that microspheres weaken glue fillets because they don't absorb resin like other fillers do so enlighten me, please.

why not just buy a ready mix ,like the fillers they have at west marine

Easyer with a bakers bag and tongue depresure

Wait, is someone taking a shower?

Basically you made a pas0te out of 0the liquidy epoxy ...and this paste is available in market

DOES NOT HOLD UP ON ATV FENDERS! Comes apart just riding over bumps

Not only are fillets a proven waste of effort, this is anything but perfect.

Fillets or fillers?, I think you need to get out on the water bro, you’ve got fillets on your brain!.

Oh its asmr…had to stop watching.