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Hi guys this episode Lee shows exactly how we patch our ferro sailing boat while its out of the water in Langkawi Malaysia.
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Alright so we constantly get asked how to fix a ferro and I've actually got the
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products out in front of me now that I use and the procedure in which I do it
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I've had a little bit of a bubble here so I've chipped away at that I've taken
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that back, see the wire hanging out there it's only just the outer layer so I'm
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gonna seal this up and then I'm gonna put some mega epoxy over it, prime it
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anti-fail it, job done. Pretty simple little fix, got one over here too
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You can see it's only just in the top layer you can still see all the chicken
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wire and behind that's all the Rio it's only just just the top bits let go and
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this is what you want to get to so I'll seal that up now with some epoxy and
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then prime it and then I'll epoxy fill it and then prime and paint it job done
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That was it, two little bits I could have left them but I chose to
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chip them out. Prevention is better than cure with these old girls. Four years
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ago I did a patch and it's good as gold. Same procedure. Alright so we constantly
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get asked how to fix a ferro and I've actually got the products out in front
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of me now that I use and the procedure in which I do it. So guys what we start
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with is obviously what we just showed you a second ago how I've chipped out
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where the blister was, brought that all back to nice clean concrete, cleaned it
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up, gave it a good wash down, gave a little cleanup with alcohol and then the
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next step will be to prime it and seal it or to seal it with this ultra lock
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that's a two-part epoxy sealer. What's the measurements there
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I can't tell you. Oh this is a Lee measurement. Secret recipe that one
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It's like equal parts to me. Is that wrong? I'd say you're right
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Equal parts white clear stuff and brown stuff. 50-50 mix. How long do you mix it for captain
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Mix till your heart's content. You probably mix it for a couple of minutes
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She's good to roll. I'll just light my little chisel mixer. Bella will show you how she applies it
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Oh Bella's gonna apply it. Apprentice is getting some instructions from the master
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It's a lovely colour. You want to put on a generous amount to cover the exposed part
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of the hull. Good job baby girl. How's it look? Like gravy. That's it. There we go. That's it. Here it is everyone
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So that will soak in there and seal that up. How long do you leave that for
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You can let it go off. Sometimes I get a bit impatient. I probably let it go off for a couple of hours
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Two hours? Depends on the heat. Where we are now it'll probably be set in an hour. Back home probably three hours
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Alright so for clear instructions for the people at home probably read the tin
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Lee recommends one to two hours ladies and gentlemen. Hull number two. Bella's really working it in this time
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So as you can see it's just the top layer that's been affected
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This is actually probably about 50mm thick. Something like that. And you can see there's chicken wire here and behind that will be the actual mesh of the boat
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As long as you can see the chicken wire. It hasn't even gone through the chicken wire yet, the rust
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So catch it at this stage. Easy fix. Leave it for a few more years and it may get into the hull
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Like when we first bought Gataupa there was a couple of spots that had been neglected
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It goes a long way. Don't mix up as much as needed
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Well done beautiful. Looks like a bird. Look at her eye. Right there. There's even a dark circle
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It looks like an emu's head. So like Lee said the hull looks mighty fine
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The patches that he did have all held in there and we're very impressed by the old girl
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Bella not doing a good enough job. There was a bit of a crack there. I thought I'd just poke it into it
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I poked it in. So more instructions is really lather it on, soak it all up
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Sealing right? It's a sealer. Just double checking that she's good. Teamwork is what makes the dream work
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Woohoo! Team Gataupa. So once you've done that you let that set. Sew on
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Next part is to fillet. These are just little small drums that I keep on the boat just as a bit of a backup if we need to do a patch
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That's your mega epoxy, another two part epoxy mix. Which is super strong and that's what we'll fill the hull with
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Equal parts of that hey? Equal parts. 50-50. Mix together really well until you get a nice consistency
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We're headed to the same place anyway. Okay so in the tropics or in the sun
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a good idea is to, whether it's an epoxy filler or this mega epoxy
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is to have this laid out nice and thin on your board
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Because if you don't, the epoxy's build a lot of heat and your mixture will go off really quick
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If you're working with epoxy resins, epoxy filler, epoxy mega, epoxy whatever
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leave it all nice and thin so it doesn't build heat. Put it all in a clump like so and right there will go off like that
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Twice as quick as if you just leave it nicely flattened out
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Mind blown. I would have thought the opposite. Good tip babe. Oh he's off
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Then you basically do what dad is doing and place it on
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Those years of plastering coming in handy once again. This stuff once it goes off is as rock solid too
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So try and be as neat as you can because sanding it back is hard work
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Over to the next one and repeat. Do do do do, and I'm so sick of pain
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Do do do, but it's hard to agree with you. Blue sick this game I can't afford to be
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Blue sick this game, and I know it's sex play. Blue sick my mind can't fight the words no I can't seem to find
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The clean up is what, thinners honey? Um, no just a little bit of alcohol
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Oh alcohol. If you get thirsty you can have a little swig too
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Shark alcohol. And that cleans out the filler in it? Cleans out the nice epoxy I think
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I'm not an epoxy expert but it works for the epoxy fillers
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So if you're repairing and you're looking for your materials don't forget to get some alcohol
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so you can clean up your tools. So if you look back in the movies when we first got Catalpa there was some quite big holes that we filled
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So four years later there's been no leaks, no cracks, no nothing
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They've all been fine. They are a little bit bigger those ones we had to tie a little bit of steel
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Um, yeah very easy fix. So there you are guys, all those people out there that ask how to fix one, that's how you do it
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Once it's finished there's another two pack carbo guard, this is a epoxy primer
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Job done. Alright so for the rest of the day Lee's going to be grinding the deck
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And the kids and I, see that blue rail? We're going to hand sand it
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Takes forever. I've already gone around, we've already put paint strip on it
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I've gone around and scraped it all off as best I could. And now, and I've sanded all the bottom of it but, so much work
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Oh, we're getting there. Once this sanding's done it'll be so much better
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It's not my favourite thing to do, it really isn't. So then I think it's a week today since we've been out
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It's been all preparation. We've sanded for a week straight. They say the art of decoration is preparation
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We don't like the preparation, we just like the decoration. We just want to paint
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These poor tools. Another one just bites the dust. We've killed two sanders so far and we got another one yesterday so we went to town yesterday
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which is a bit of a deal because you've got to get on a ferry and go across, hire a car, drive half an hour and get to town
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So we did that yesterday and then the tool that we use probably most of all, just died
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Yay! It bit me too. It bit me earlier. It cut him, it didn't actually bite him
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It went straight down to the bone. I'm not going to have a shower now and hopefully not faint when I have a look at it
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No, don't take it. I had to put the bandage on, I would have filmed it all but P gets a bit funny when he cuts himself
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I found another piece. And he looked at it and I could see he was going to, so we just had to bandage it up pretty quickly
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It's a little bit stiff. So it's the end of another day in paradise
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Half defeated, all my tools are breaking. I thought I'd have a bit of paint on by now
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At least the bottom of the boat primed. Found two little blisters, no dramas but just all time delay
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One week and we're just still sanding. Join us next time as we finally get some paint on the old girl's bottom
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