Fiberglass repair

[muttdog]

I have a crack in my fiberglass shower. It is about 6 inches long in a "V" shape. I have been told that lowes, home depot and boat stores sell repair kits that should work pretty well. Anyone ever try this? Am I waisting my time? I dont want to put out the money for a new shower because we are looking into remodeling the whole bathroom in the spring and the local plumbers I have called dont do fiberglass repairs. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[RareBreed]

I have a crack in my fiberglass shower. It is about 6 inches long in a "V" shape. I have been told that lowes, home depot and boat stores sell repair kits that should work pretty well. Anyone ever try this? Am I waisting my time? I dont want to put out the money for a new shower because we are looking into remodeling the whole bathroom in the spring and the local plumbers I have called dont do fiberglass repairs. Thanks in advance for any help.

We got a repair kit from Lowes several years ago to repair the tub in the kid's bathroom. Easy to do and so far, it's held up well.

 

[Homer J]

I've never done a shower but have worked with fiberglass in the past. It's not really that hard to do. You have to work fairly quickly because the resin cures pretty fast but if you have everything laid out and ready before you start you should be OK. The hardest part is going to be getting it to look nice, although being inside a shower, no one will probably see it but you.

Something else you may want to consider is checking with some of the local marinas and see if they have anyone who does fiberglass repairs on boats. Someone might be willing to help you out on the side for a small fee.

 

[xobxdoc]

I used to have a business in the outerbanks where the majority of the work was tub and shower repair. If the crack is on the bottom you will have to reinforce the bottom. The sidewalls are easier. You can contact the tub manufacturer to get the exact color gel coat. Matching the color is the hardest part of the job. Most of my work was repairing the damage to tubs that the contractors did during home construction. When I was done the owners never new it was damaged.

 

[xobxdoc]

BTW, if the crack is on the bottom, it needs to be repaired quickly before you get any water damage, which will happen.

 

[willie]

I have a crack in my fiberglass shower. It is about 6 inches long in a "V" shape. I have been told that lowes, home depot and boat stores sell repair kits that should work pretty well. Anyone ever try this? Am I waisting my time? I dont want to put out the money for a new shower because we are looking into remodeling the whole bathroom in the spring and the local plumbers I have called dont do fiberglass repairs. Thanks in advance for any help.

If you only need to go until next Spring, do it yourself with a patch kit from Advance, Autozone, NAPA, etc. It might not be beautiful but it will work. If appearance is a concern, Homer's idea is the winner. A fiberglass Specialist at Zahnisers Marina fixed a tub in a rental house for me about 5-6 years ago and it still looks like new.