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Kayteg1
Explorer II
Sep 17, 2020

Black tank welding?

Need to reshape my black tank and that will require plastic welding.
Anybody has any experience with such job?
What tools are needed?
  • I replaced a black tank in a rebuild I did years ago, rather than repair the old one.
    I went to my local RV parts store armed with the measurements I needed, and the hole locations.
    They had a catalogue of generic tanks, with all the specs on them.
    I picked the one I wanted, told them where to put the holes, and ordered it.
    It fit perfectly.
  • Some Plasti-Mend and some sheet ABS should work.
    I assume the tank is ABS
  • Sounds like he needs to reshape his tank, not a new tank.
    Yes there people who can do plastic welding.
  • Seon's avatar
    Seon
    Explorer II
    jimh425 wrote:
    ...Have you thought about just buying another tank?


    Repairing seems like a (c)rap shoot. Replacing with new is a good idea ;) .
  • That seems like a really smelly job with a smelly result if the fix fails. Have you thought about just buying another tank?