A new video tutorial: Gelcoat and fiberglassing

[E-Wan]

Sure did.

Very nice tutorial. Thanks for putting it together.

 

[MattMunson]

Great video, but Am I the only one that started laughing hysterically once all the bleeping was happening?

Speaking from experience, that part cracks me up every time I watch it. And I"ve seen it like ten times at this point. I dunno, there's just something A LOT funnier about bleeping out curse words than actually hearing them.

Thanks again for all the support, folks! I'm really excited about the number of hits these videos are getting. Please share them on your facebook page, your blog, wherever you think there might be people who want to see them.

And let me know if you have suggestions about future episodes too. There's TONS of stuff to cover!!

 

[animefan]

thanks for the great vid, love the mattmobile too

 

[FutureorBust]

Very informative. Great to have videos like this on hand incase I'm doing this one time and I screw it up on accident.

 

[Barking Dragon]

Just watched this and it's awesome. I will be attempting something similar soon so it was great to see you show it step by step, the bleeping cracked me up aswell.

To make the fiber glass quite thick can you lay a few sheets...let it set and then lay more or does it all have to be laid in one go. I've heard that you can't lay fiberglass over another set once it's dired cause it won't stick?

Have you done a vid on slush casting yet Matt?

 

[robn1]

Great tutorial guys, good job.

 

[ColinWily]

Thanks for sharing! I have no need for fiberglass yet.... but I can't see it being a long time until I do.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

Question I did not see answered on the resin side. What is the setup time and how long after brushing it in do you generally have to lay the matt(buh dum pssssh) before it has lost its tackiness?

 

[MattMunson]

The fiberglass resin I use in the video has a work time of about 10 to 15 minutes. I like to get everything done before then.

 

[NormanF]

It seemed like the gelcoat was fully cured. Do you have to worry about the fiberglass layer delaminating?

 

[MattMunson]

It seemed like the gelcoat was fully cured. Do you have to worry about the fiberglass layer delaminating?

The gel coat should be fully cured before you put in the fiberglass. I've never had a problem with delamination.

 

[Amish Trooper]

You never cease to make me laugh and be informative at the same time. Kudos

 

[MattMunson]

Thanks Amish! That is pretty much a great summary of my goal with these videos: Entertain while Educating.

 

[Bowelrock]

Well my gelcoat comment was purely observational, I prefer 1630 myself. 1630 is much easier to work with, more forgiving, and doesn't smell nearly as bad!

 

[Canobi]

Awesome tutorials Matt :thumbsup love the humorous bleep outs, very funny :lol I'm looking forward to more

Quick question, I need to make a fibreglass jacket for a mould I will be making soon (attempt take two at mould making). Have you guys ever used the gel coat for mother moulds, or do you just use the fibreglass on its own?

From the tut it looks like a gel coat would be quite good as a first layer, but not sure of it would actually be benifitial or not.

Thanks

 

[Onigiri]

Good stuff, Matt!

 

[R2Dan]

Very cool! I already know how to fiberglass and I still enjoyed watching it. Looks like you guys had a good time