Hey, Tom;
https://shurhold.com/article/marine/repainting-your-fiberglass-boat/

 

I wouldn't trust it..
get another ladder...

 

Epoxy or a new gel coat which is time consuming and costly. Stick makes a good point. The
Integrity of the ladder has been compromised to some unknown extent.

 

I would suggest going to an auto parts store and purchase Poly reason only(repair kit with hardner). Yes clean the surface good.

 

Tom,

I've done quite a bit of fiberglass boat repair, and I agree with the others. Get another ladder. It will be safer and much easier than trying to repair the one that you have. Fiberglas gel coat is time consuming, involves working with time dependent epoxy mixes, and a spray gut that will likely be trash when you finish the job, not even considering the cost of materials. Uou will save money, time, and have a safer ladder by just replacing it.

Never just take a possibly unsafe ladder to the dump, as someone might try to use it. Cut the ladder into several short sections before disposing of it.

Charley

 

15 minuets of consulting will get you a new ladder...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Werner-...ass-Step-Ladder-with-300-lb-Load-Capacity-Type-IA-Duty-Rating-NXT1A08/100664450
besides, ladders aren't laid up glass mat there molded shredded fiber resin mix....

 

I have to agree on the replacement part. Fibreglass ages and gets brittle especially after being exposed to UV.
Having said that, if it's a 5' step ladder...I mean how badly can you get hurt falling 2 or 3', eh?

 

I have to agree on the replacement part. Fibreglass ages and gets brittle especially after being exposed to UV.
Having said that, if it's a 5' step ladder...I mean how badly can you get hurt falling 2 or 3', eh?

Depends on what hits the floor first.

And, BTW, you shouldn't issue any challenges - you know @RainMan 2.0 reads these posts

 

Dump it

 

Good advice. I'll pop for a new aluminum ladder. Don't really do electrical anymore.
@Stick486 Having problems with my voice so not as much extra personal income these days. My daughter isn't closing clients worth a damn. Thinking of firing her and seeing about licensing or selling the business to someone else, or finding some other way to deliver it, say books and video. Takes 8 days to deliver it because it is an astonishingly complete system after 36 years. Takes up 9 notebooks, not counting the clinical course. Can't talk for 2 days anymore--aged out.

 

if you fall off of something add the height under your feet to how tall you are and that is how far you fell...
so squat just before you fall and you won't fall as far...

 

I'm not just gonna squat before I fall, I'm gonna lay down!

 

Don't trust it!
Fiberglas cannot withstand UV light.
IT is trash.
No doubt about it.

Otis Guillebeau from Auburn, Georgia

 

A new ladder is much cheaper than a wheelchair or casket.

 

Ok, Ok, I'll get one. Jeeze you guys, you'd think I'd asked you to contribute money or something! I also have a 16ft extension ladder, but it's been stored out of the sun and is holding up well--better than the ladder a couple of guys I hired last year had. Besides, my days on high ladders are over.

 

If by contributing, you mean sending flowers, we'd rather not do that.

 

Heh...

 

I hesitate to give free advice. Socrates gave free advice and they poisoned him.

 

It's Toast

Good luck filing a claim if you get hurt

 

A "claim"? You mean 'Workers' Comp.' ? I doubt that most of us are even covered anymore.
In defense of our socialized medicine in Canada, doing crazy stunts doesn't disqualify one from having their medical expenses totally covered!
The hospital will however sell you a pair of crutches on your way out the door. Here, they don't give or loan you a pair as they know they'll never see them again...

 

I have a Kaiser plan, they'd treat me for 5 bucks out of pocket, but that's theoretical congecture since the ladder's now history.

I decided to get a little advice about ladder safety from these guys...

 

The only smart one was the guy in the last picture - he got off the unsafe ladder. I think the ground broke his fall

 

:O !...

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LC542-91...w7FivqDLoI/AAAAAAAA0CY/uekghYx61QEoJEzitF_UY2GdDXgjeJb8gCLcBGAs/s1600/Climb.gif

 

You have done well Tom,& helped a lot of people in your life.maybe time to retire & keep what vocal chords you have left. Best wishes,James jj777746

 

Just a little off the top, please.

 

I think the perfect title for that picture, Thomas, is "Impending Death." And he even parked a skiploader in the path of his fall so no one would have to get bloody removing his body. Considerate, huh.

 

Hey, c'mon! He's perfectly safe; tied himself off to the trunk above his head.

 

I had a glass ladder that was starting to shed so I coated it in oil paint. That cut way back on the UV rays beating on it and stopped the shedding problem. The poly paints might be even better. One advantage of painting a glass ladder can be how easy it is to identify.