Cracked toilet cistern
 

Relation has a cistern that has a hairline crack (due to forcing in an
oversized flushing handle) - it is leaking slightly.

I was thinking of smearing silicon sealant over the inside. Any better
suggestions?

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

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Regards

John

"John" wrote in message
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Relation has a cistern that has a hairline crack (due to forcing in an
oversized flushing handle) - it is leaking slightly.

I was thinking of smearing silicon sealant over the inside. Any better
suggestions?

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

I once repaired a cracked toilet cistern using a fibreglass car repair kit.
You paint the resin on the inside of the cistern over the crack, stick an
appropriately shaped patch of fibreglass matting on to the resin, and then
give a further coat of resin on top of that. Not only did it fix the leak
but it prevented any further spread of the crack. Lasted for years until I
replaced the whole suite.

Kev

"John" wrote in message
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Relation has a cistern that has a hairline crack (due to forcing in an
oversized flushing handle) - it is leaking slightly.

I was thinking of smearing silicon sealant over the inside. Any better
suggestions?

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

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Regards

John



Should work, but leave the cistern dry for 24 hrs after to give it time to
go off

John wrote:
Relation has a cistern that has a hairline crack (due to forcing in an
oversized flushing handle) - it is leaking slightly.

I was thinking of smearing silicon sealant over the inside. Any better
suggestions?

I've had good results with emptying cistern, pointing heater at it for
a few hours, to dry out the crack totally, then filling with thin
epoxy.
Worked well.

John wrote:

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

Eew - sounds like the excuse needed to replace it, then!!

David

John wrote:

Relation has a cistern that has a hairline crack (due to forcing in an
oversized flushing handle) - it is leaking slightly.

I was thinking of smearing silicon sealant over the inside. Any better
suggestions?

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

Ah. Dry out and use Epoxy resin - 5 or 30 minute will do, or even 2 hours.

In fact, thinking about it, use 24 hour stuff and then make it runny
with a hair dryer, and force in into the crack, wipe off surplus with
cellulose thinners, and then play the hairdryer over the crack until it
gels.

It will go off totally in an hour or two at sensible temperatures.

Epoxy is perfect for this - it will bond to the china, its runny enough
when warm to go in, but sticky enough as it cools to stay in, its sort
of brownish, and it fills gaps.

OTOH a layer of gaffer tape over the inside will also probably work - or
that sealing tape - sylastic? sylmastic? (sp?)

"Lobster" wrote in message
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John wrote:

(I realise it really needs replacing - but it is an obsolete colour -
brown!!!!!!)

Eew - sounds like the excuse needed to replace it, then!!

I suppose there is one advantage to a brown toilet bowl - it won't need
cleaning so often!!!!!

Kev