180g Acrylic seam bubbles- Bad, OK, Fixable??
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Hi ,looks ok to me , looks like an added bead of weld on 16 was added after build ?
@Troylee @Lowell Lemon , thoughts ?
@Troylee @Lowell Lemon , thoughts ?
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the bubbles and seam separation are too deep int the thickness to take the chance with potential water pressure. This is one to be concerned sleeping at night to wake up to a surprise.
If you feel you want to reseal the seam, which is best recourse, I can send you instruction as Ive repaired over 70 tanks for people and turned out clean and leak free.
If you feel you want to reseal the seam, which is best recourse, I can send you instruction as Ive repaired over 70 tanks for people and turned out clean and leak free.
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Yeah, don't use. Take it from a dude that had to do a rapid tank swap over a 2 or 3 day period. Mine was a leak. Not fun. Not fun at all.
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It’s not good however, if you use weld on 40 2 part epoxy, tip tank at 45 angle and pour a fillet weld of the thickness of the pane or greater(so 1/4” 1/4”+preferably 3/8”-1/2”) it will hold. That acrylic epoxy hardens and bonds like it’s cast acrylic. Very strong.
Otherwise you have to make more extensive repairs and it probably isn’t worth the time and will be difficult without a fab shop and proper tools.
Otherwise you have to make more extensive repairs and it probably isn’t worth the time and will be difficult without a fab shop and proper tools.
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Welcome to R2R and good luck on the tank repair.
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