Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: Andymon on August 20, 2018, 06:28:37 pm
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Our Nordic Warrior which is 25 years old, give or take, has been a great tub. We've only had to replace the pump in all those years. We now have a small crack about 3/4" long about 2" below the filled water line and it leaks into the pump area. This is a plastic tube. A local spa place said they couldn't do anything other than some silicone on both sides and let it cure for at least a couple days. Is there anything else that could be done if this doesn't work?
Thanks!
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You could try some kind of 2 part epoxy, tough thing is with those spa's it's hard to get stuff to stick to it. On a 25 year old spa, anything you try is not going to hurt. It will either work or it wont.
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What material is the shell made out of?
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Our Nordic Warrior which is 25 years old, give or take, has been a great tub. We've only had to replace the pump in all those years. We now have a small crack about 3/4" long about 2" below the filled water line and it leaks into the pump area. This is a plastic tube. A local spa place said they couldn't do anything other than some silicone on both sides and let it cure for at least a couple days. Is there anything else that could be done if this doesn't work?
Thanks!
Do you have a Nordic dealer nearby? If so see if he has a sample of whatever color you Tub you have and with a heat gun melt it into the spot then wait for it to harden and fill it up. Usually takes a couple hours to cure completely. I have fixed a few Nordics by doing this. It doesn’t look great but at least the colors match and it is a lasting fix.
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Our Nordic Warrior which is 25 years old, give or take, has been a great tub. We've only had to replace the pump in all those years. We now have a small crack about 3/4" long about 2" below the filled water line and it leaks into the pump area. This is a plastic tube. A local spa place said they couldn't do anything other than some silicone on both sides and let it cure for at least a couple days. Is there anything else that could be done if this doesn't work?
Thanks!
The fact that you've gotten 25 years out of a tub with no major issues is no small feat! Hopefully one of the solutions provided works and you get another few years out of it!
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What material is the shell made out of?
That is the question we need to know. If it is a roto-molded polyethylene shell (as we expect) then any epoxy or silicone will not adhere and I don't just mean "won't adhere well", it flat out will come off pretty quickly. If it is acrylic shell (did they make any of them back then?) you can use a 2-prt epoxy which will seal it as long as you're ok with it looking like you put a band-aid on it.
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I have never had any one of our customers successfully fix a crack in a Nordic shell
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Well, Nordic said they couldn't recommend anything and that silicone might last a year. I'm now wondering if I could drill a hole slightly larger than the crack and put some sort of plug in it. For now, I'll give the silicone a try.
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I doubt silicone would adhere to it very well. I would think you would have better luck with 2 part epoxy but i haven’t tried that before.
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What material is the shell made out of?
That is the question we need to know. If it is a roto-molded polyethylene shell (as we expect) then any epoxy or silicone will not adhere and I don't just mean "won't adhere well", it flat out will come off pretty quickly. If it is acrylic shell (did they make any of them back then?) you can use a 2-prt epoxy which will seal it as long as you're ok with it looking like you put a band-aid on it.
It’s a poly shell. They never made acrylic.
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Our Nordic Warrior which is 25 years old, give or take, has been a great tub. We've only had to replace the pump in all those years. We now have a small crack about 3/4" long about 2" below the filled water line and it leaks into the pump area. This is a plastic tube. A local spa place said they couldn't do anything other than some silicone on both sides and let it cure for at least a couple days. Is there anything else that could be done if this doesn't work?
Thanks!
I've fixed cracks in plastic with a solder gun. Not all plastics react the same? Just throwing it out there, it's a commitment.