Comments on: The Way of the Samurai http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/06/10/the-way-of-the-samurai/ Your appliance repair weapon of mass instruction for all your appliance repair needs! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:20:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jb8103 http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/06/10/the-way-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-307 jb8103 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=825#comment-307 Is it possible an epoxy patch would work here, for the truly poverty-stricken? Is it possible an epoxy patch would work here, for the truly poverty-stricken?

]]> By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/06/10/the-way-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Samurai Appliance Repair Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/wp/?p=825#comment-308 Properly applied, an epoxy patch would probably work very well. But the kicker is getting the patch on there correctly. You'd have to remove the inner basket and grind out all the rust or the metal tub will continue to rot out even with epoxy over it. Tricky operation. <BR/><BR/>Now, if the tub were plastic, I wouldn't hesitate to use an epoxy patch, knowing that it could be easily and properly applied and that such a patch will actually be stronger than the rest of the tub. Properly applied, an epoxy patch would probably work very well. But the kicker is getting the patch on there correctly. You’d have to remove the inner basket and grind out all the rust or the metal tub will continue to rot out even with epoxy over it. Tricky operation.

Now, if the tub were plastic, I wouldn’t hesitate to use an epoxy patch, knowing that it could be easily and properly applied and that such a patch will actually be stronger than the rest of the tub.

]]>