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    Leaking livewell

    Noticed my livewell was leaking today. Thought it was a hose but instead it’s the livewell itself. Lots of little holes and one bigger one somewhere. The livewell is fiberglass. Anyone know a good fix for this?
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    #2
    Gorilla tape? It works on the infomercials.

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    #3
    maybe Flex tape? I've used it for other stuff, seams to adhere pretty good

    put it on both sides if possible?
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    to do it right epoxy or fiberglass the live well back together

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    Quote Originally Posted by cooper.bohner View Post
    to do it right epoxy or fiberglass the live well back together
    Certainly a thinned application of epoxy to a very dry and prepped livewell would seal the open pores. As long a you do not allow the epoxy to loose it's tackiness you can repeat with tinted epoxy to build up some integrity to the leaking gelcoat. Epoxy has a 3000psi Adhesion where Gelcoat is less than 300psi so it will stay where you put it. Do not apply if any solvent residue, oils, etc are present though.

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    I got it figured out. I was being a complete dunce about the whole thing. Thanks for all the info.
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    I may not wanna do it to my boat unless I really had to, but something that I am sure a lot of people don't know about. It works on fixing other stuff that I had break and wanted a strong fix. The trick is super glue and backing soda. That stuff can do wonders. If you do a search on YouTube you will see the wonders that it does.
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