Recommended Posts. Posted April 4, Anyone recommend off the shelf glues or fillers? Or any other repair method? The crack is about 3 inch long and a couple of mm wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options I would use a body filler paste specifically made for plastic bumpers.
Cheers Pete, so your attempting to weld it using plastic filler rods and a solder iron? Stevan Posted April 4, Maybe by adding a reinforcement patch underneath or whatever, or preventing the movement. I tried the acetone Lego think but it rapidly failed and strenght test. Screenman - THAT would do it. Worth remembering, thanks. Pete if you could find out more on the finixa that would be great.
Posted April 5, I think I shall do that with my 1 mm crack too. He has a poor opinion of ABS. Don't we all Anyway, the number of FiniXa suppliers is 01 or 01 Its full title is Kent Fini Xa slow. Has Chris ever seen my method carried out, I doubt it. What are you using to melt the plastic in your method? Guest Posted April 5, Posted April 6, Point taken.
I have to give your method a try. Nothing else seems to have worked really. Posted April 6, edited. That is a good video, thanks. Any recommendations on how high the wattage of the soldering iron should be? Join the conversation You can post now and register later.
Reply to this topic Go to topic listing. Shipping company. Omicron Variant. Twin Axle Wheel lock advice. Clean both sides of the joint with a rag, then spread an even coat of ABS glue on both sides with the applicator that comes in the glue can and fit the joint together.
The glue sets in about 20 seconds. Replace a fitting if you see a crack in it or notice water seeping from it. To replace the fitting, you'll have to cut it out of the line.
Cut through the pipes on each side of the fitting about 1 or 2 feet away from it with a hacksaw. Measure the distance from each of the cut-off pipes to the location of the fitting with a tape measure and cut new lengths of ABS pipe to those measurements. Deburr the end of the pipe with grit sandpaper.
Give it a little twist to spread the glue evenly. Glue the new pipes to the couplings, then join the pipes at the location of the damaged fitting by gluing them to a new, identical fitting. Repair a leaking pipe by cutting out the damaged section with a hacksaw.
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Active 11 months ago. Viewed 4k times. Improve this question. Machavity FuzzyChef FuzzyChef 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Do you have any thoughts to why the pipe is splitting? Check for bending stress on the pipe, may have been bent by forcing it past obstacles. New pipe may have same stress. You realize that the photo does not show us the critically important part of this whole thing - namely, the crack itself.
We can presume it's there buried under shadows somewhere, but the image is doing nothing to help us determine the extent or nature of the failure. Is "ABS sewer drain pipe" the correct product for this application? If not, you may need the whole run replaced with something that can take the heat. I think WD40 wold be wrong here, so it must be Duct Tape! Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Tape it. You are not proposing this kludge as a permanent fix. That's good.
Improve this answer. Ecnerwal Ecnerwal k 7 7 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Duct tape would work wonders for a while. Let it dry, try to close the gap as much as you can, then apply a single unwrinkled strip of tape from 1 inch before and after the crack. Rub vigorously. Secure crack growth by wrapping the pipe with 1 rotation of duct tape at the crack ends.
Tight but don't overdo it, it is perfectly possible to damage a cracked pipe by overdoing it. Not duct tape. The silicone tape mentioned in the question tolerates water much better. I agree it would work better.
Although I would not purchase a roll silicon tape for this purpose - if I already had duct tape. It would work sufficiently long, sufficiently well. Even cable ties might help in a pinch, if that's all you have to hand. To prevent the crack from continuing to split, drilling a small hole at the very end of each crack can provide the necessary strain relief and stop the crack from spreading.
Then just tape over that. Show 3 more comments. This assumes cracked pipe is a drain or a vent. Fernco is a brand. They're generically called no-hub couplers, and some jurisdictions require fully-shielded ones for this application. Reading through the other answers, it occurred to me that there was more effort in a temp. And those rubber couplers came to my mind, too. If OP can weild a saw, he'll save a fortune - and the waiting time! Add a comment. I would do one of two things, depending on access and tool availability: Make a Pipe Patch Cut a suitable length of scrap 3" pipe, then rip slightly less than half of it out lengthwise.
Route the Crack and Epoxy It Run a spiral-cut bit Dremel or drywall cutter down the crack, cleaning it out and opening it up. In Response I would do option 2: open up that crack a bit as suggested and drill a hole at each end of the crack to help prevent it continuing then cover as option 1 with the patch. Be just about permanent then. Just to clarify: To stop a crack from elongating you drill a hole all the way through the material such that the crack ends at the hole.
The idea is to eliminate the stress riser that exists at the very end of the crack that allows it to continue to grow. These repair methods are more difficult than replacing the pipe if it is accessible.
FuzzyChef I suggest you edit your post and add some pictures.
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