FIBERGLASS YOUR LEAKS AWAY...

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When the catalyst is added to the resin, it causes a heat reaction so intense that you can't carry the container by the bottom. Since I knew the mixture could melt tar, I was hesitant to try my "miracle fix" on plastic pipe repairs. Yet when I put a patch beside a valve that had cracked the adjoining plastic and sent up a tiny spray of water, I found that only a small amount of discoloration occurred from the heat and assumed that the change in temperature helped make a tight seal.

On metal pipe in which there is gravity flow or low pressure, you don't have to be as careful to apply the liquid heavily, press the edges flat, or eliminate every air pocket. I did a half-hour's slapdash patch job on a rusty old tin pipe five years ago ... and that hundred-foot line is still completely leak-free.

THAT TOUCH OF 'GLASS

I can think of nothing that holds water that can't be repaired by one of the common types of resins and fiberglass cloths. Aside from woodstave, plastic, and tin, I've also used this method on steel and aluminum pipes. (The latter—which can be a problem to weld—are a snap to repair with fiberglass.)

I've also used 'glass to waterproof cement, seal the tarred edges of galvanized roofing, repair cracked windows, and take the wobble out of spigots. Furthermore, tanks coated with the right mixture become algae— and rustproof ... as well as waterproof.

So, if you have any objects that leak—whether pipes, watering troughs, cement ponds (provided they've cured for at least a year), spray tanks, the block on your car, rain gutters, or valves that have frozen and cracked on the bottom—think easy and inexpensive! Think fiberglass!

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