Theres a hole in my boat

[Pwoida]

I noticed on my last trip that I had a lot of water in the bilges and after an examination of the hull I found a crack that had opened up in the glass where there had been a previous repair (previous owner). So I ground away the 'bog' or what ever they used and opened up a hole (I probably could have been more careful).

I have some two pack type fibreglass based body filler that I was going to use to repair it but was wondering if I should use something behind the hole?

Any advice would be appreciated and smart-ar#ed comments are encouraged.

Peter.

[Pwoida]

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[blaze]

if you can get behind it, IMO you should sand back any flow coat and put at least 4 layers of 600g matting to repair and maintain some strenth and hull integrity, then fare back the outside and lay 2 more layers of 600g matting. fill with a marine bog or qcell . then sand and fare in and flowcoat x 2 coats. then sand and fare in the flowcoat and finish up with a cut and polish. IMO any thing less is only covering the fault and as you have found out thats how buyers of second hand boats get caught and possible a life threating situation. Job is worth doing proberly
cheers
blaze

[Angla]

Do it right the first time or take it to a pro who will do it right the first time for your good money, it could be cheaper in the long run.

Angla

[Argle]

I thought all boats were one big hole to chuck money into , well you did say smart a$$ comments were encouraged

Cheers and Beers

[dnej]

Blaze, your knowledge, continues to amaze us all. Where did you develop the skills? Is it just from experience?

Ever thought of doing a magazine article?
Send me an email.
David

[blaze]

Hi David
I was told as a hairy a*rse young appentice to shut up keep my eyes open and look and learn, ask questions but not to always believe the the answer but to research. Dont reject anybodies opininion.
I have not and will never have all the answer or my opinins will often differ to others but the advice I give is what I would do through either my failure to do the job right at some time and learning a lesson or gaining from someone else expertise.
I also have this idea that at 44 years young I am semi retired, material possesion mean little to me but lifestyle is more inportant, so it often means if I want/need to do it $ may be tight, so dont like the idea of my money paying someone else do it.
Do a mag article? would think it would be every editiors worse nightmare as I am not very articulate with words
cheers
blaze
ps
next job is to extend a fibaglass ute canopy 300mm (never done that before either)

[Pwoida]

Thanks for the advice Blaze and the smart ar#se comment Argle - Its only too true. I went and got some Epiglass epoxy resin/hardener, 2 inch glass tape and flow coat/catalyst. I'll basically use Blaze's method and hopefully end up with a good strong repair.

Cheers,

Peter.

[cooky]

if you do a search for my Northbank crack - I had a crack in similar location. Cost me $350 for a pro to repair - inside and out - can't notice the repair at all - fortunately it was easy to access from the inside (storage compartements). He built up the glass a bit more in the inside of the repair for some extra strength. Sounded like he did similar to what Blaze suggested.

[insideout]

B - break

o - out

a- another

t - thousand