[Ferro List] Leaking tank

[Joseph Crawley]

You find this product superior to thoroseal? Also is it drinking water safe
the technical data did not seem to say?

thanks

On Jan 17, 2008 9:11 PM, Peter Epperson <ferro at bigisland.net> wrote:

> If the walls are structurally sound then use this:
> http://tamms.com/product_detail.asp?id=457&pselect=175#175 Peter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Crawley" <josephcrawley at gmail.com>
> To: <list at ferrocement.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:41 AM
> Subject: [Ferro List] Leaking tank
>
>
> >I have a ferrocement tank that I built about 2 years ago. The tank hold
> > about a third of it's capacity and beyond that leaks like a pasta
> > strainer.
> > I've applied coats of cement in a slurry form to the inside as well as
> the
> > product thoro-seal. I applied the thoroseal with out adding acryl 60 to
> it
> > which the manufacturer recommends(whoops). I would really like this tank
> > to
> > hold more water since it is all the water I have.  The leaks are weeps
> and
> > not streams. Should I  recoat the inside with sand cement and then
> recoat
> > with thoro-seal+ acryl60 or should I just coat with the thoro+acryl? Any
> > tips would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > thanks
> > Joseph
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