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Subject: TWL: Water tank repair was Albin water tanks
From: Charles Culotta (cculotta@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun May 18 2003 - 21:31:06 EDT
. The port side tank has a major leak in it not
> sure the nature of the leak yet except it does not hold water. Anyone with
> experience out there
Kevin,
I posted this several yrs ago. I think it will help you.
CCC
M/V CC RIDER
CHARLES and PAT CULOTTA
Patterson, La.
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
LEAKING WATER TANK REPAIR
After much thought measuring and commiserating with friends the
consensus was that I use a product called SPLASH ZONE by Devoe Co. It is
an epoxy resin, 2 part.
I have used it often in the past and had some on hand . It's shelf life
seems interminable as my cans of it are over 6 yrs old!
Any way it is the consistency of stiff putty, one black and the other
white. These are mixed equally in your hand.
It is applied with your fingers as this gives excellent control or with
a putty knife this project req finger work! I rubbed it onto the seams
of the tank all around I mean really put it on there as there was no
need for pretty work here just cover every bit as I could not see where
the leak was on one part of the tank.
Note that this stuff hardens like steel and is then treated as such. It
can be ground ,drilled filed and painted if need be. It adheres to
almost any surface glass, steel , ss , alum. fiberglass and the like.
Given the dimensions of the tank I was able to reach all seems except
the top far corners , so I just applied it to the OUTSIDE of the tank.
With its adhering properties this was no problem. END OF LEAKS
A friend of mine had a commercial wood fishing boat that developed a
leak under water, a diver went down and applied it UNDER WATER it held
for years.
CCRIDER , my trawler ,sustained a deck leak , a hole 15 inches long and
5 inches wide during Hurricane Andrew . While it was still pouring
rain I applied SPLASH ZONE and it held until I could get the boat to a
ship yd months later. This is one of its greatest attributes , that it
can be applied to a wet surface.
There are similar products on the mkt such as JB WELD that comes in very
small tubes. S. Z. is packaged in 1 gal cans and I think 1 qt cans , Of
course you need one of each. A qt goes a long way as I probably used
about 1 pint or so on this 130 gal tank.
I have kept it on hand for my various boats for over 20 yrs.
There was a fitting on top of one of my diesel tanks that was
impossible to get to and it would drip a small amt of fuel when the tank
was completely full so I puttied around it with S.Z. and end of leak.
That was 12 yrs ago.
As to the handling of the product I usually wear surgical gloves but it
is not really necessary just makes cleanup faster. By the way clean up
is with water just wash your hands! If you let it dry on your skin you
must rub harder.
Keep your hands wet while working the product and it will not stick to
your hands Just like using silicon sealant.
This is grt stuff and I highly recommend it.
I have received many queries about this product. It is available from
Devoe Paint Co. they have a web site with an e-mail add. though the site
deals with residential paint. If your Devoe dealer does not have it have
him order it for you.
Splash Zone is avail at commercial or industrial hardware stores not a
store catering to home owners.
I have used it on the inside of potable water tanks as well as the
inside of diesel tanks.
You may apply it to the outside of the tanks if the inside is not
accessible. Naturally cleanliness is next to Godliness as always.
If far corners of a tank are not accessible on the outside and you cant
reach a likely leak fr the inspection hatch , I guess it would be
possible to place it with a stick! Better yet cut a new inspection hole
in the tank. If it is ss use a hole saw to cut it.
On my diesel tank I had a welder cut a 14 inch sq hole and then I had
all the access needed!
This is not a new product , it has been around for many years.
Again, if you have questions e mail me off line.
M/V CC RIDER
CHARLES and PAT CULOTTA
Patterson, La.
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
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