water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

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

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Epoxy will work great but be sure to wash the inside of the tank after
it cures. There will be a residue you need to clean off.

Don't use west though- it is over rated and extremely expensive. If
you are in the US you can order a 2-1 epoxy from Joes auto body and
marine supply 1-954-527-9200. They have other stores but I only have
the Fort Lauderdale number. Ask for the 2-1 and make sure you get the
guy on the phone to check 3 times that he has part A and part B. These
guys are good at what they do but they breathe that junk all day and
are a bit high most of the time - no joking. They also have the best
price I have found on cloth especially when you buy an end lot.

May your anchor be tight, your corks be loose, your rum be spiced and
your compass be true.
--
Captain Danny Taddei

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Da Kine wrote:

Epoxy will work great but be sure to wash the inside of the tank after
it cures. There will be a residue you need to clean off.

Don't use west though- it is over rated and extremely expensive. If
you are in the US you can order a 2-1 epoxy from Joes auto body and
marine supply 1-954-527-9200. They have other stores but I only have
the Fort Lauderdale number. Ask for the 2-1 and make sure you get the
guy on the phone to check 3 times that he has part A and part B. These
guys are good at what they do but they breathe that junk all day and
are a bit high most of the time - no joking. They also have the best
price I have found on cloth especially when you buy an end lot.

May your anchor be tight, your corks be loose, your rum be spiced and
your compass be true.
Joe's Auto is only about 2 miles from my house. I get a lot of supplies
there. They will custom match gelcoat also.
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Are you in Fort Lauderdale? I have not been in their new store and fear
it when I do have to go. Does it stink as bad as the last one?

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Da Kine wrote:

Are you in Fort Lauderdale? I have not been in their new store and fear
it when I do have to go. Does it stink as bad as the last one?

Yes, I'm in Ft. Lauderdale. The new store is very clean and modern.
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Does Joe's have a website from which one can order?????


On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:01:00 -0500, krj
wrote:

Da Kine wrote:

Are you in Fort Lauderdale? I have not been in their new store and fear
it when I do have to go. Does it stink as bad as the last one?

Yes, I'm in Ft. Lauderdale. The new store is very clean and modern.
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

nobody wrote:



Does Joe's have a website from which one can order?????


On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:01:00 -0500, krj
wrote:


Da Kine wrote:


Are you in Fort Lauderdale? I have not been in their new store and fear
it when I do have to go. Does it stink as bad as the last one?

Yes, I'm in Ft. Lauderdale. The new store is very clean and modern.
krj


I don't know if they have a web site. I have their catalog here some
place. I'll find it and see if a web site is listed. Their ad in the
Waterfront News lists an email of .
krj
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

nobody wrote:



Does Joe's have a website from which one can order?????


On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:01:00 -0500, krj
wrote:


Da Kine wrote:


Are you in Fort Lauderdale? I have not been in their new store and fear
it when I do have to go. Does it stink as bad as the last one?

Yes, I'm in Ft. Lauderdale. The new store is very clean and modern.
krj


Try http://www.fgci.com/
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

you mean
http://www.fgci.com

You added your krj to it

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

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.

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

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

I've never heard that before. Do you know that for sure or is it
something you just heard? I am about to build a new tank in my boat too
and this would be a big chunk of info to find out.

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:30:48 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote:

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

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

I engineer pharmaceutical/biotech process water, etc. systems.
FDA approved/listed epoxy resin for potable water is the ONLY method to
be used. Leachables from most resins are a BIG problem in potable
water systems. Even when I use food grade epoxy, I recirculate/strip
all the leached monomers through a carbon bed stripper system for a few
months, etc.


In article .com, Da
Kine wrote:

I've never heard that before. Do you know that for sure or is it
something you just heard? I am about to build a new tank in my boat too
and this would be a big chunk of info to find out.

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Rich Hampel wrote:

I engineer pharmaceutical/biotech process water, etc. systems.
FDA approved/listed epoxy resin for potable water is the ONLY method to
be used. Leachables from most resins are a BIG problem in potable
water systems. Even when I use food grade epoxy, I recirculate/strip
all the leached monomers through a carbon bed stripper system for a few
months, etc.

Can you give me the name/manf. of an FDA approved epoxy that I can use?
krj

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Well, I just called Joes Auto body and marine supply and your are
right. They are going to order me some FDA epoxy - WOW I have so many
buddies that have made it with the cheap stuff I fear what will happen
when I mention it....

Thanks for the good info - and in time to save me a bundle of trouble.

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:39:41 -0500, 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

You can certainly do this as long as best practices are followed, so you
don't wind up with epoxy residues in your water. This is nothing to mess
around with though.

There's an article about it here, under Boat Repair and Restoration:

http://www.epoxyworks.com/indexprojects.html

Think carefully about how much this project is really going to cost
you in labor and materials, even your own labor. To really do it right
is a lot of work. An "expensive" polyethylene tank may start to look
cheap. Bladder-style tanks can be a good solution too.

Matt O.

water tank repair-west system epoxy or fiberglass resin
 

Matt O'Toole wrote:
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:39:41 -0500, 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


You can certainly do this as long as best practices are followed, so you
don't wind up with epoxy residues in your water. This is nothing to mess
around with though.

There's an article about it here, under Boat Repair and Restoration:

http://www.epoxyworks.com/indexprojects.html

Think carefully about how much this project is really going to cost
you in labor and materials, even your own labor. To really do it right
is a lot of work. An "expensive" polyethylene tank may start to look
cheap. Bladder-style tanks can be a good solution too.

Matt O.
I'm not trying to build a new tank, just repair an existing tank. The
tank is an intragal part of the V-berth built if fiberglass with
gelcoat. The bottom "V" seam of the tank has a small crack that drips
water. I just want to put a couple of wide strips of cloth over the seam
to repair the crack. Just wanted to know wheather to use fiberglass
resin or epoxy. I have lots of West Systems epoxy I am using for other
repairs.
krj