How do you patch a crack in a fiberglass tub?

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How do you patch a crack in a fiberglass tub? I tried some epoxy that promised it would patch, was water prof, and would hold 3500 pounds...well they lied Help

-- grant (organicgrange@yahoo.com), January 03, 2001

Answers

Go to an auto parts store and get a fiberglass repair kit for auto bodies. It is like body bond, except has fiberglass in it. Make sure the tub is clean and dry. Mix according to directions and apply to crack and surrounding area. When dry, sand smooth and apply auto patch paint in the same color as the tub. ( Don't have to paint if you don't mind a red spot in the tub.) We had a crack in the bottom of a tub and this held for over 1 1/2 years until we finally remodeled the bathroom and replaced the tub.

-- Terri Perry (teperry@stargate.net), January 04, 2001.

Grant, you might try an auto supply place. They should have fiberglass repair kits as some car panels are made of that material.

-- JLS in NW AZ (stalkingbull007@AOL.com), January 04, 2001.

I suspect you need a fiberglas repair kit - the type to where you put on a layer of epoxy, then a fiberglas patch, then more epoxy. Won't be pretty. Ask at a boat repair shop.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), January 04, 2001.

My daughter put her elbow through the side of our brand new shower stall (almost brand new - 2 years old). I got some of those sticky fish that you put on the bottom of the tub to keep from slipping and put one over the hole! It covers it up and keeps the water out. My father (who lives 20 hours away and only visits a few times a year) has done fiberglass work on boats and he is going to fix it next time he comes. This won't help if the hole is on the bottom of the tub of course.

-- Mary R. (cntryfolk@ime.net), January 10, 2001.

Possibly better than an auto parts place is a marina, where they sell kits and fiberglas patch material for repairing fiberglas boats. A patched hole in a fiberglas boat is under a great deal of pressure, pounding from waves, people possibly walking on and etc. The fiberglas cloth is a woven cloth heavier than cotton, with a very definite weave, probably using the same type of epoxy, though

-- MissJudi (jselig@clemson.edu), November 13, 2001.


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