Wooden Boat People
Fiberglass Patching
It was a rough run on the Alsea! The attached photos show the results. I'm needing some guidance on how to fix these bruises. I don't have any fiberglassing experience, so no detail is too basic for this guy. I have watched a number of youtube videos and scrolled through the similar threads on this site, but before I do anything I wanted to check with all of you experts, just in case. Thanks in advance for anything you can provide!
tungsten
Did you repair this?
Looks like the glass has de laminated.Hope im wrong.
Aug 25
David Witton
IMG_0090 seems to show delaminated glass. Anywhere the glass isn't bonded to the wood, it should be removed and replaced. The wood looks a bit starved - if it's not sound, perhaps some penetrating resin could be applied to firm it up, then a new coat of fiberglass cloth. It's a good idea to saturate the underlying wood with epoxy before applying the cloth to get a good bond, then apply the cloth and epoxy before the first coat has dried so that you get a chemical bond
Aug 26
Jerry Johnson
Sand it back far further than you think, saturate the wood, saturate the glass cloth. Apply and cover with plastic wrap and smooth. You will still have to sand it a bit. I agree, it looks like it is getting water under the glass (which is just one reason why you shouldn't glass over wood boats IMO)
Aug 31