Ok now that I’ve got your attentions, we had our feed port break and there seems to be a pinhole leak. Shitty short term “fix” which isn’t at all a fix was to smear some vac grease on it; but as suspected it’s causing contamination. So… I was thinking maybe Saran Wrap/cling wrap/cellophane or something around the repair area
This being said, does anyone have a better suggestion on leak-proofing a “botched” glass repair?
Jb weld in a temp fix has done wonders for me in the past. I’ve been marine Tex for weird repairs lately with good success for water tight applications.
None of this is extract stuff. Household temp repairs
I don’t know if any work on glass but they work on a ton of materials. Can’t see glass not being one.
Yeah, I had someone suggest to me to use this pladoh epoxy - it’s grey on the outside white on the inside - but with it being vacuum I’m not too sure how well either would hold up.
I was thinking maybe just getting a stick of Boro and melting some more on it? But honestly thinking there’s gotta be a better/simpler fix
Haha yeah, it’s hard to see what’s going on there. If it’s just a pinhole, I’m pretty confident I could seal it up for you.
I see you’re in Canada, I’d be willing to do the repair free of charge as long as you cover shipping. Keep in mind no glass repair is ever a guarantee, but the odds are definitely in your favor on this one. Feel free to DM me if you want to work something out.
How big a hole? Wrapping that bitch with a bunch of teflon tape can do in a pinch. IME if you can’t plug it with teflon and a little grease, no glue is going to make it leak free, plus it’ll outgas into the system. Make friends with a lampworker who doesn’t suck