Follow-up on Flex Seal rubberized tape, advertised on tv a lot a few months ago.
It's strong, it's pretty sticky, but it wasn't suitable for what I wanted. OTOH, I still don't know what would have been more suitable.
It was flexible but didn't bend enough to be pushed into little places and also keep water from leaking. I have a garden hose reel that is leaking at 3 or 4 places, like where the hose screws onto the reel (which has all those little dips in and near the fitting.)
But it has, since applied in June, stayed in place and though it still leaks almost at much, the leaks don't spray out and get me and other things wet, because the tape is on top of them. Instead it dribbles or pours down out from underneath the tape.
Most years I don't use the garden hose that much, so the tape should enable me to use this reel for 3 or 4 more years until I find a good replacment.