welding plastic resh water tank
Has anyone had a plastic fresh water tank welded? was it successful and was it a fairly new or an older tank. I had a blowout and it cracked the fresh water tank on my 1990 Southwind. I am told it...
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I personally have not used Eterabond tape but read another thread where the guy who repaired his FW tank swore by it and another poster said thanks he used it based on the recommendation and it worked like a charm.
Sorry I can't find the thread but I did find this so ????????
[COLOR=]The video shows them Plastic welding SMALL cracks on the top of the tank. The OP has a 100 gallon tank which is completely different than the small 25 gallon tank in the video. The weight and force of 50 to 100 gallons of water will cause a large tank to flex. The ONLY valid repair on a tank bottom is to remove and Plastic weld the area after drilling 2 holes. Epoxy/fiberglass/ANY type glue will NOT adhere to a plastic type tank, especially any tank that will expand and flex from the volume of water.
ETERNABOND IS AN ABOSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS REPAIR. It may hold for awhile, but will not in the long run.
But NO, there is nothing that you can pour into ANY of the tanks to fix a leak/crack. Doug
This post was edited 02/16/13 09:46am by dougrainer
Sorry I can't find the thread but I did find this so ????????
[COLOR=]The video shows them Plastic welding SMALL cracks on the top of the tank. The OP has a 100 gallon tank which is completely different than the small 25 gallon tank in the video. The weight and force of 50 to 100 gallons of water will cause a large tank to flex. The ONLY valid repair on a tank bottom is to remove and Plastic weld the area after drilling 2 holes. Epoxy/fiberglass/ANY type glue will NOT adhere to a plastic type tank, especially any tank that will expand and flex from the volume of water.
ETERNABOND IS AN ABOSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS REPAIR. It may hold for awhile, but will not in the long run.
But NO, there is nothing that you can pour into ANY of the tanks to fix a leak/crack. Doug
This post was edited 02/16/13 09:46am by dougrainer
