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Default water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:30:48 GMT, Rich Hampel
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Epoxy is best but you need an FDA rated grade for POTABLE water .....
--- kind of hard to find. If you dont use a rated for potable water
the leachables from the epoxy can be harmful.


FWIW see link
http://dan.pfeiffer.net/10m/water_tank_refit.htm


In article , krj
wrote:

I need to repair a leaking seam on my fiberglass water tank. Somewhere I
think I read not to use epoxy in a water tank. Is this correct? Should
only fiberglass resin be used inside a fresh water tank?
krj