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Date:         Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:12:10 -0400
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Subject:      Re: Water reservoir repair..
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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YOur biggest problem is the heat, that the glue is going to face. I've had several types of expoxy fail. Even those rated at 300Deg. Fiberglass resin is what I found to work best.

Don Hanson wrote:

> A few days ago I asked about repairing a leaking polyethylene water tank, >then did some research on my own. Well, I tried (because it was available >locally at my sailboard shop) some stuff called "Water-weld" that I found >while looking for the supposed real stuff, and the WaterWeld failed >miserably! After painfully disassembling my camper and pouring water all >over as I wrestled that water tank out through the door, I followed the >directions then reconnected the tank and put some water in...Worked ok >until it was almost full, then the patch let go, dumping about 20 gallons of >water inside...Ugg. > So I went back to find some "Mr. Sticky's Poly-Bonder" which is said to be >the one product that will structurally bond Polyethylene. I ordered some >from the below, and while there on the website found lots of cool stuff that >might help out some of you "project types" I ordered at about 9am and got a >tracking number for the shipment by noon..so they seem to be on top of it >here. > >http://www.tapplastics.com/ > > > Don Hanson > > >


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