In this video, we show how to make fiberglass parts over plywood. In our case, we needed a hatch cover that can be used to go over the teak hatches in the deck as we put them in the workshop and rebuild each one.
I suspect that it will take me a few weeks to do each teak hatch, so I needed something that would last and hold out wind, weather, and water during rain and what not.
Here I made a simple frame and surface out of scrap pieces of wood and then covered it all with fiberglass mat, showed how to use surf cloth as well as plain old epoxy, filler, and fairing.
All in all, it turned out pretty good. It will more than do the job and fairing sure brought out the smooth surface and covered some of the imperfections so don’t sweat it if you are not loving your first layup, it can be fixed. 🙂
Keywords: How to lay up fiberglass, How to make fiberglass parts, How to make a hatch, using fiberglass matt, how to fair fiberglass, how to paint fiberglass, how to sand fiberglass.
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Tools and supplies we use regularly can be found here:
- Jet Band Saw
- Sanding Tape 120 Grit – 1 inch wide
- Sanding Tape for Spindles (220 Grit)
- Small Sanding Cord for Spindles (150 Grit)
- Screwdriver with nut ends
- Pry Bar Set
- Oscillating Multi-tool (about $35)
- The Best small wood cutting blades
- Great “plunge cutter”
- ABSOLUTE Best metal cutting blade (for cutting bolts, etc.)
- Safety Glasses
- xActo Blade Knife
- Ryobi Variable Speed Jigsaw
Video equipment used is: Canon Vixia G40
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