My water gun, based on the roland tower design, had a hairline crack in the water compartment and it kept reducing my pressure and leaking water.
I simply put some purple primer on it, let it dry, then sprayed with some white paint, put tape and a metal clamp on it (the ones you use a screwdriver on) and it sealed perfectly!
(use only if it is home made)
Cracks in home made pvc guns (fixed)
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I wouldn't recommend that fix. Primer is used to clean PVC and has no sealing properties. Paint might have some sealing properties, but it's no replacement for PVC cement (which would be the easiest thing to use). Tape and a tubing clamp really don't do anything to seal this also. What should be done when a leak is encountered is fillet welding, which essentially is melting the plastic together in the affected area. Let me know if you're be interested in performing that and I can get the procedure to you. I don't think the paint will seal for very long.
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Drenchenator did so already - the scanned images are linked to in http://forums.sscentral.org/t3972/.
Good point about the strength though. Maybe epoxy at least would have been okay for a hairline crack, but as Ben says, this is probably the best option.
Good point about the strength though. Maybe epoxy at least would have been okay for a hairline crack, but as Ben says, this is probably the best option.