This is not my biggest problem; it's just annoying.

My toothbrush holder, mug, and soap dispenser are a pattern I really
like.

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. No breaks, just
slow
leakage from ??? I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Am I just a cockeyed optimist, or is this doable, and if so, what
should I use?

TIA

HB

Higgs Boson wrote:
This is not my biggest problem; it's just annoying.

My toothbrush holder, mug, and soap dispenser are a pattern I really
like.

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. No breaks, just
slow
leakage from ??? I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Am I just a cockeyed optimist, or is this doable, and if so, what
should I use?

TIA

HB
What is so special about ceramic soap??????

On Nov 5, 5:11*pm, Sjouke Burry
wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:
This is not my biggest problem; it's just annoying.

My toothbrush holder, mug, and soap dispenser are a pattern I really
like.

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. *No breaks, just
slow
leakage from *??? * * I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Am I just a cockeyed optimist, or is this doable, and if so, what
should I use?

TIA

HB

What is so special about ceramic soap??????

Sorry - I was unclear. The set is MADE of ceramic -- china,
porcelain, whatevah.
Fill it with liquid soap --Dr. Bronner's , BTW, which doesn't contain
the chemicals
in most soaps -- propylene glycol, etc.\\

HB

"Higgs Boson" wrote in
However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. No breaks, just
slow
leakage from ??? I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Only things I can think of is a hairline crack or porosity of the ceramic
itself allowing liquid to weep.

You can try wrapping it in a paper town and watching for it to absorb the
liquid and show a spot.

In any case, it first you'd have to drain and rinse well. That will be a
PITA, but you have to get the soap out for anything to cling. Then you
could try some sort of thin epoxy and swirl it around, but most epoxy mixes
are too thick to work well. Same with polyester resin. My guess is that
the smart people here will think of a good liquid that would leave a coating
and be thin enough to easily swish around and drain.

On Nov 5, 10:35*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Higgs Boson" wrote in

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. *No breaks, just
slow
leakage from *??? * * I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Only things I can think of is a hairline crack or porosity of the ceramic
itself allowing liquid to weep.

You can try wrapping it in a paper town and watching for it to absorb the
liquid and show a spot.

In any case, it first *you'd have to drain and rinse well. *That will be a
PITA, but you have to get the soap out for anything to cling. *Then you
could try some sort of thin epoxy and swirl it around, but most epoxy mixes
are too thick to work well. *Same with polyester resin. *My guess is that
the smart people here will think of a good liquid that would leave a coating
and be thin enough to easily swish around and drain.

I have found that with temperature changes, and a tightly sealed pump
assembly, that as the unit heats up, a little soap is forced out
around the top and oozes onto everything. Try filling the tank close
to the top, leaving the top pump asssembly off, and see if there is
still leakage. if there is, then the tank is cracked, if not, then
put the pump assembly on loosely so any expansion due to temperature
changes can force air out around the top and not force sooap out thru
the pump. Let us know what happens!!!

On Nov 6, 8:32*am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Nov 5, 10:35*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:



"Higgs Boson" wrote in

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. *No breaks, just
slow
leakage from *??? * * I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Only things I can think of is a hairline crack or porosity of the ceramic
itself allowing liquid to weep.

You can try wrapping it in a paper town and watching for it to absorb the
liquid and show a spot.

In any case, it first *you'd have to drain and rinse well. *That will be a
PITA, but you have to get the soap out for anything to cling. *Then you
could try some sort of thin epoxy and swirl it around, but most epoxy mixes
are too thick to work well. *Same with polyester resin. *My guess is that
the smart people here will think of a good liquid that would leave a coating
and be thin enough to easily swish around and drain.

I have found that with temperature changes, and a tightly sealed pump
assembly, that as the unit heats up, a little soap is forced out
around the top and oozes onto everything. *Try filling the tank close
to the top, leaving the top pump asssembly off, and see if there is
still leakage. *if there is, then the tank is cracked, if not, then
put the pump assembly on loosely so any expansion due to temperature
changes can force air out around the top and not force sooap out thru
the pump. *Let us know what happens!!!

Thanks to other inquiring minds for ingenious comments.

I should point out that the leakage occurs AT THE BASE, not the top,
so I doubt if it's what hr (Bob) suggests, but will keep in mind.

Aha! moment! Ed suggested wrap in paper towel and look for spot.
Might indeed be the way to isolate a crack or other aperture not
discernable to the nekkid eye.

Will report back when results available.

HB

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,
Higgs Boson wrote:



I should point out that the leakage occurs AT THE BASE, not the top,
so I doubt if it's what hr (Bob) suggests, but will keep in mind.

Aha! moment! Ed suggested wrap in paper towel and look for spot.
Might indeed be the way to isolate a crack or other aperture not
discernable to the nekkid eye.

Will report back when results available.

HB

I think you're going to play hell getting the soap out of the interior
of the crack, and without that step, I don't think anything is going to
stick well enough to seal the crack. About the only approach I'd put
even a long shot on succeeding is an hour-long bath in a heated
ultrasonic tank, followed by another round in the same tank with fresh
rinse water.

Higgs Boson wrote:

Thanks to other inquiring minds for ingenious comments.

I should point out that the leakage occurs AT THE BASE, not the top,
so I doubt if it's what hr (Bob) suggests, but will keep in mind.

Aha! moment! Ed suggested wrap in paper towel and look for spot.
Might indeed be the way to isolate a crack or other aperture not
discernable to the nekkid eye.

Will report back when results available.

HB

After trying the paper towell idea and finding the leak source, maybe this
will work:

Completely rinse and clean the inside with hot water and allow to dry
completely. Then use Super Glue -- the liquid kind, not the gel kind -- on
the inside and swirl it around as much as possible. I have used Super Glue
on hairline-cracked toilet bowls and even toilet tanks and have had it work.
It seems to get drawn into the crack by capillary action and then dries and
seals the cracks. Or, maybe some type of clear and thinned polyurethane
sealer on the inside will do the same thing.

On Nov 6, 12:44*pm, "RogerT" wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:

Thanks to other inquiring minds *for ingenious comments.

I should point out that the leakage occurs AT THE BASE, not the top,
so I doubt if it's what hr (Bob) suggests, but will keep in mind.

Aha! moment! * Ed suggested wrap in paper towel and look for spot.
Might indeed be the way to isolate a crack or other aperture not
discernable to the nekkid eye.

Will report back when results available.

HB

After trying the paper towell idea and finding the leak source, maybe this
will work:

Completely rinse and clean the inside with hot water and allow to dry
completely. *Then use Super Glue -- the liquid kind, not the gel kind -- on
the inside and swirl it around as much as possible. *I have used Super Glue
on hairline-cracked toilet bowls and even toilet tanks and have had it work.
It seems to get drawn into the crack by capillary action and then dries and
seals the cracks. *Or, maybe some type of clear and thinned polyurethane
sealer on the inside will do the same thing.

That's exactly the approach I was kicking around. Will try the
polyurethane first
since I have some on hand. If no luck will pick up some Super Glue; I
need
some anyway.

Will post results next week.

HB

Sjouke Burry wrote in news:4cd49d28$0
:

Higgs Boson wrote:
This is not my biggest problem; it's just annoying.

My toothbrush holder, mug, and soap dispenser are a pattern I really
like.

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. No breaks, just
slow
leakage from ??? I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Am I just a cockeyed optimist, or is this doable, and if so, what
should I use?

TIA

HB
What is so special about ceramic soap??????

It lasts a long time :-)

On Nov 5, 3:59*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
This is not my biggest problem; it's just annoying.

My toothbrush holder, mug, and soap dispenser are a pattern I really
like.

However, the soap dispenser leaks, how I don't know. *No breaks, just
slow
leakage from *??? * * I retired it for a while, then decided I WOULD
solve this problem.

I thought of pouring some kind of glue or? into the dispenser
and swishing it around, hoping it would coat all around inside at the
base.

Am I just a cockeyed optimist, or is this doable, and if so, what
should I use?

TIA

HB

I got a reply on my email, not this NG, using this Subject. I could
not read because in Arabic. Linked to a video, in Arabic, spoken by
a pleasant male voice. Somehow doubt the relevance to soap
dispenser. g

HB

I have the same problem. Did the gluework?

Old post but i used hot candle wax in a leaky brass plant mister. 15 years, no leak yet.