

| Subject: | Re: Water reservoir repair.. |
| From: | Mike Collum |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:04:47 -0400 |
Hmmmmm ... while watching their "How To" video, I noticed that Mr. Sticky's Poly bonder hasn't been approved for exposure to potable water tanks. You might be better off just replacing the tank with a used one. Mike 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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