Plastic Repair

tried to weld the basin drain plug fitting.

interesting idea. Ahuha

might it ) basin ( be cracked around that fitting ? or a seal worn ?

if that plug can be removed ,, if ? drain basin inspect visually , or some method , from both inside and out side basin ..proceed based upon findings .

buy a new tank , it will improve your reputation locally , adding $$$ to your bottom line. the new tank will also have an owners manual; making the economic investment worth the price of admission .

I just wanted to say that's pretty good. An idea to keep tucked in my skull.

Obviously when heated and swirled the two plastics as liquids flow together and thus intermixed form a new structure and don't need to be glued.

All I can say is COOL!

j.

I read about a college professor with at doctorate in plastics manufacturing thats trying to make plastic alloys by combining plastics with normally non compatible molecular structures into specialty plastics alloys.

Unfortunately I also know a old plumber that was doing that back when plastic pipe was still new to the plumbing industry a few decades ago!

Strange how the 'Smart ones' are the last to figure this stuff out.

Had the plastics doctorate guy talked to his uneducated toilet monkey he may have learned about this 20 years sooner!

tcmtech

Very nice. GA. The result might not last as long as a homogeneous material but it would do the job. I will try it out next time, or do it today and see if it works and how much stress it takes after cooling. Could come in handy one day, Ky.

You might consider removing the plug and replacing it with a bulkhead fitting.

Plastic welding only works well if the plastic filler matches the plastic workpiece, and even then in my experience the extra heat means you loose some of the properties of the original, often more brittle. There are some 'universal' filler rods, including with fibres, that attach to most plastics and can be used to re-inforce. You can also add mesh or fibres to re-inforce. I did not have any luck with a polythene pressure barrel as the repair always cracked, so if it's justs a drain point then a compression fitted replacement sounds like an option.