Shower Base repairs

[CThibaudeau]

ABS Shower base developed hairline fractures due to poor craftmanship at assembly line. Can one use ABS glue to conduct temporary repairs until replacement time comes up.

[CThibaudeau]

UPDATE: used ACETONE mixed with ABS shavings to make the equivalent of plastic welding. It was easy to do and worked well. Search the process of your choice on YouTube.

[ScottG]

Yes, use ABS glue - it's stronger than anything else and will make a permanent fix.
While I actually replaced my base, I did a number of experiments on the old one to see how well it would glue up with the stuff I had laying around. Good old ABS cement worked the best.

[JaxDad]

My beloved old C developed issues like that, I used a rattle can of truck bed liner. They had a nice light beige that was almost perfect.

After 12 years it’s still holding up just fine. The slightly pebbled texture is a lot nicer under foot too.

[Horsedoc]

I might just use the Gorilla tape as mentioned. I have Gorilla epoxy that is the best I have ever used. Good products from the Gorilla

[StirCrazy]

CThibaudeau wrote:
ABS Shower base developed hairline fractures due to poor craftmanship at assembly line. Can one use ABS glue to conduct temporary repairs until replacement time comes up.

you could but if I was going to do that, I would cut a bunch of chips off a chunk of abs pipe and dissolve it in clear abs glue until you have a thick slurry. prime the area with clear cleaner then start brushing on the slurry

[IB853347201]

We used Clear waterproof Gorilla tape to temporarily seal the crack while awaiting a replacement shower base. Took about a month to get and the tape did a fantastic job.