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  • April 15, 2005 at 1:41 am #9013
    paulpaddison
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    anybody got any ideas on how to repair holes in outer plastic tubs on a bosch washing machine, ( can supply more details if needed ) customer ran it with transport bolts in place and nearly snapped two of the lugs off the outer drum. ( where transport bolts were fitted to )

    April 15, 2005 at 3:27 am #131695
    admin
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    Hi

    dependant on where and how big the holes are you might try to weld the peices back on using a gas soldering iron which will melt the plastic to rebond bearing in mind that this would only be a temp repair as the tank is a structural part and will have to take a lot of flexing.other than that new tank.

    bryan

    April 15, 2005 at 7:10 am #131696
    Martin
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    Can’t you guys sleep or what? Middle of the night talking about busted outer drums….. ❗

    No patch-up can be affected on polypropelene tub unless its a tiny hole and then a squirt of silicone sealant will suffice. In this case a good excuse for a proper repair I reckon 🙂

    Martin

    April 18, 2005 at 5:14 pm #131697
    philfish
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    I use milliput its brilliant you can do all sorts of wonderfull things with it!! got me out of loads of trouble it sets that hard you can drill it file it tap it etc moulds into any shape sets under water brilliant just brilliant been useing it for years never had one comeback even used it on a crack on my boat!!!!! paulpaddison if you are from the wolves area you can get it from a little diy shop on the way out of sedgley going to gornal called handyman stores opposite the bp garage its about £2.20 and it lasts ages 😉 😉

    April 18, 2005 at 5:19 pm #131698
    Martin
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    philfish wrote:I use milliput its brilliant you can do all sorts of wonderfull things with it!!

    Thanks for the info Phil, will give it a try… 😉

    http://www.milliput.co.uk/home.htm

    Martin

    April 18, 2005 at 5:33 pm #131699
    iadom
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    Its not called milliput at Qualtex, but you can get something exactly the same from them, part No: MIS 86. Tub repair epoxy putty.

    I use it all the time for coin damaged drums. Very good for smallish holes, not much use for large cracks though. Sets like rock, you can even repair copper piping with it.

    April 18, 2005 at 6:33 pm #131700
    Goatboy
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    do u mean ‘quiksteel’? The stuff off Peter 😉

    It sounds the same. Sets in water like steel. It’s great! You can drill it! It’s not flexible dor.

    July 10, 2005 at 12:50 am #131701
    paulpaddison
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    Re: bosch tub repair

    Hi i forgot to post reply earlier. i cleaned cracked arears to make a good surface for the quicksteel to stick to and coated all the arears well. machine has been up and running again now with no problems
    thanks for everybodys help with this problem 🙂

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