Fiberglass Sun Deck Part_13

This video series covers how to apply a waterproof layer of fiberglass mat, resin and gelcoat to a solid plywood deck. Fiberglass is a very durable coating and can last up to 35 years with little need for maintenance. PlasticWorks makes no representation on the suitability of fiberglass for your specific project, please check with local regulations if in doubt.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Fiberglass
• Fibreglass
• sundeck
• deck
• resin
• gelcoat
• flashing

[YogaPanther]

Very good tutorial

[halbert9000]

Great series. Genuinely informative and helpful!

[bi21mac84]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[mdelsau]

1/2" AC plywood glued and screwed to your 3/4" t/g sub deck pitched at 1/4" per ft.

1x4 Azek drip edge with v notch on outside of decking

chamfer strips along interior walls

all seems and screw holes body filled and sanded

resin coat over entire deck

apply 2 oz fiberglass mat to deck over drip edge and up walls 8"

resin application with 3/8 nap roller and fiberglass metal roller to remove air voids

once deck is cured sand deck surface drip edge and trim

apply gel coat with sand mix for non slip

[madmonkey1968]

Could you tell me the best place to get supplies?

[markpstreeter]

nice gel coat bueller ...bueller...bueller

[robbiegspot]

Thank you so much best lesson on this will help me so much on fibreglassing my deck on my boat

[jacob106106]

Thank you very much PlasticWORKSdotCA for these well detailed videos !!!

Question:

In order to give it color...

Do you put an resin color pigment of some sort in the Gel coat mix ?

Or you paint it after ?