The crack was there when i moved in,i have tried silocone but no good cant afford new bath a retileing just yet any suggestions,ive heard epoxy resin works but!
2007-12-13 04:17:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
all the repairs will look messy at best and leak and/or break again in the future at worst.
get a new one, i presume you have insurance for accidental damage so call them
2007-12-13 06:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by r m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do fibreglass repair kits for cars. Clean the area round the hole every thoroughly making certain it is DRY. Put a patch at least 3 inches bigger all round than the hole onto it after soaking the area with catalysed resin and dabbing the glass with resin until it is saturated and some resin has squeezed back through the hole. Leave a couple of days until set.
A right bodge but it will do for a while!
If you do not mind bolt heads in the bath a piece of aluminium on to of the wet resin helps.
RoyS
2007-12-13 04:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plastic Bath Repair Kit
2016-11-14 07:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sell some epoxy stuff in the auto store to fix the plastic parts of cars. It is pretty awesome. it comes in a double syringe like thing, and you squeeze out as much as you need. It would be best if you could get to the backside. If you can't, you might try the old trick of covering the patch with wax paper, so you can smooth it out a little better, and not leave any sharp edges.
2007-12-13 04:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Car Bondo works great. I think your bigger problem is the weight of getting in and out of the tub causes the crack to flex and pull apart. You need to support the bottom of the tub. I would drill a small hole in the center of the crack, use a whole can of expanding foam insulation sprayed into the hole. Come back in an hour, fill the hole and crack with Bondo, sand, paint with epoxy paint color of tub. If you don't get it fixed, it will rot out the flooring under the tub.
2007-12-13 04:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by T C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't use caulk. epoxy resin and glass fibre is your only choice. keep leftovers as it will probably reappear,but it will stave off the expense in the meantime.
2007-12-14 02:03:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use caulk, just make sure you don't leave it there to dry off, gently use a damped sponge to smooth it out, it it's deep use one more coat after one dryes off, make sure u don't wet the tub untill everything is dry.
2007-12-13 05:43:06 · answer #7 · answered by acia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just use caulk, you can get it at any hardware store and its usually white but you can get a different color to match... or try grout (cement) if its a tile
2007-12-13 04:26:22 · answer #8 · answered by shopper1fun 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋