Shower tray

[nemofish2000]

The shower tray on my sprite firebrand has a split, is there a way to repair it as ive tried creeping crack but to no avail, Read about a coating thats available but theres no one this far north, i dont want to replace it as ive been quoted over £300 for a replacement tray. So looking for a diy fix.

Cheers

[rustic]

Depends on what it's made from, acrylic, GRP?
How deep the crack is, and where, and how thick the material is?

So pics....?

[AlexD333]

Remove and fiberglass?

[macabethiel]

Fibreglass seems a good option. It might be worth looking at what the automative industry use for repairing plastic bumpers I have seen some impressive bumper repairs by local body shop. (Chartwells Derby) I guess it is some sort of glue gun specific for flexible plastics.

[exosteve]

Silkoflex.take the tray out and glob it on underneath

[Lazy-Ferret]

Originally Posted by exosteve

Silkoflex.take the tray out and glob it on underneath

That is what I used on the plastic bathroom sink on my old van that had a split running up from the drain. To start with, I just put silicon on the back, but the split carried on running so I was not sure if it did actually stop it leaking or not. I cleaned it all off with silicon remover, and then drilled a 1mm hole at the end of the split to stop it running any further, then I put Insulting tap along the slit on the inside of the sink, to stop anything pushing through the hole or crack, and used my finger to smear Silkoflex all along the split on the back. I started looking for a new sink, but as the van was 20plus years old, I never found one at a reasonable price, and it lasted 4 years until the car hit the back of the van and wrote it off.

I don't think there is going to be an easy way without taking the tray out for you.

One thing to watch though, it in my experience, often the tray splits because the caravan floor under it had de-laminated, causing excessive movement, so you may have to sort that before you put it all back together.