Repair Pinhole leak in Nature2 *vessel* (not pipes)

[jimlum]

Hi,

It looks like there's a small "pinhole" leak in the body of the Nature2 vessel that we have. The leak is on the vessel body itself, not on the PVC pipes that connected the vessel to the system.

The pool guy suggested putting some PVC primer and the PVC glue on it, but I wanted to check here and see if anyone might have suggestions, as I don't think that the vessel itself is made out of PVC.

Thanks,
Jim

[CarlD]

Hit it with sledge hammer, smash it, break it out, then splice in a piece of nice, new PVC pipe.

Obviously I have a very low opinion of Nature2.

[jimlum]

CarlD,

The leak was in a small "finned" area near the bottom of the vessel, in one of the indented areas. What we ended up doing was:

1) Shut the pump off
2) Opened up the pot, the Nature2 vessel, and the valve on top of our filter to let the water drain out of the vessel
3) Dried off the outside of the vessel as best we could
3) Shoved some "Gorilla glue" from Home Depot into the indented area a couple of times (kind of messy, because it drips).

That glue reacts with water, but hardens, and is supposedly waterproof, so we'll see how this works. We let the glue "cure" for a day and then turned on the pump and bled the air out of the system. We'll keep an eye on it for a few days.

If it doesn't hold, we'll probably cut the Nature2 vessel out of the system and replace the cut section with new PVC.

Jim

[CarlD]

Gorilla Glue is amazing stuff. It's really made for waterproof bonds on wood, but it's supposed to work on most anything. And water does activate it.

However, there's also Pool Epoxy, which is a putty that can harden underwater as well. I would probably have used that first, after drying the unit out. Were it an automatic erosion chlorinator I would do that.

But with Nature2? I would DEFINITELY take the sledge-hammer approach!:mad: