While grinding out a few larger cracks, I discovered that what I thought was a large crack on the bulkhead was actually a large chunk of fiberglass and gelcoat that had been glued back in. So It looked like I needed to do a gelcoat repair. This isn’t necessarily complicated or hard. There are several […]
Periodically, I end up with a fiberglass rash. Usually on my arms. This comes from restoring old boats. Sanding on fiberglass patch work releases micro particles on the stuff. Of course, I usually end up leaning on some fiberglass dust. Several hours later, the itching and burning begins! A fiberglass rash can be caused by
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I’ll be writing about how to do a clean transom repair. A previous owner modified the transom so that a steering rod on a newer motor would work correctly. These old (1966) Whaler 13’s had a lowered (15″) transom. A pulley and cable system originally steered the boat. When past owners upgraded their engines, one
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If you restore fiberglass boats, fiberglass hole repair is going to be one of the tasks you face. Many folks will just fill in the hole, sand it smooth and call it a day. The problem with that is that those plugs will eventually work themselves loose. Think about the vibrations a boat hull is
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One aspect of this Whaler 13 restoration that I’ve been anticipating is repairing the large hole in the anchor locker. This is a medium to large endeavor in fiberglass repair. I’ll be using epoxy resin to lay down the fiberglass mats. I’ve also already used “excess” epoxy resin from other repairs to create a solid
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Test Firing the Bait Launcher Here’s the results of the first few times we took the bait launcher to the beach. Overall it performed as well or better than expected. We did run into a few bugs which I ended up fixing. One key thing we accomplished is that we dialed in the right pressures
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My goal with this was to get something that would create a super cold homemade ice pack that lasted a decent amount of time. I needed this chiefly to keep the bait plugs frozen for my Bait Launcher. I found a few retail available products. Some were reasonable, others were outrageous! It seems they all
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A collection of failed DIY videos (you might see some of mine if you check in periodically). There are so many hilarious DIY fails on YouTube, I decided to dedicate a post to some of the ones that strike me as particularly funny. Some of these failed DIY videos remind me of me. Either in
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Changing Tacoma headlights, although intimidating, is not as difficult as you may think. In my case, I am changing my Tacoma headlights for two reasons. These headlights I have on now are severely de-laminated. They are also aftermarket, I made the mistake of buying factory smoke tinted lights. These lights soak up so much of
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I recently got rid of the camper top on my Tacoma. I replaced it with a Tonneau roll up cover. Having the cap off opened a lot of possibilities. One of them being able to add an accessible Tacoma toolbox. Sticker shock cured me of that notion quickly! Truck bed tool boxes are fairly expensive
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