Poor Mans Fiberglass Roof

I tackled what i think is the hardest section first the tapered front end.

Poor mans fiberglass roof.

I chose canvas and paint specifically glidden gripper. They refer to it as pmf a lot. This poor mans fiberglass is an old boat deck sealing technique and used else where where bare wood is sealed by gluing a fabric to the surface and then painting the fabric. It s waterproof wood glue instead of epoxy for the layer between substrate and fabric then any natural fiber fabric instead of fiberglass then exterior acrylic paint on top.

We were using a technique called poor man s fiberglass basically you glue canvas down tightly to the wood using titebond ii glue which creates a water resistant seal. Poor mans fiberglass permanent exterior paint never paint again almost waterproofing with out epoxy fiberglass epoxy allergy relief. Then you spread glue over the canvas then paint over it with several layers of exterior grade paint making sure the canvas soaks up all the paint and fills the fibers in. Poor mans fiberglass pmf one year later torture test part 2.

The glue should be water resistant and the paint an exterior grade water resistant as well for best results. I am going to use a sheet of aluminum as my seal on the roof. In the pictures you continue reading 3 2 2019 poor man s fiberglass. We ll touch on that later when we get to it but it is a pretty cool option.

I got the plans for the teardrop free from the best teardrop traile. Back in 2011 i built a teardrop camper at the time i needed a place to sleep a few nights a week as the long drive home was causing me to fall asleep behind the wheel way to often. The diy camper people have an exterior treatment they call poor man s fiberglass. I m using a technique called poor man s fiberglass which involves canvas or bed sheets and paint or glue.

Testing how well the pmf poor mans fiberglass holds up under extreme heat and sticking to plywo. I started a new phase in the camper this morning.