it is not an electric one - It sits on the stove and is heated by direct contact ..So it has a very thick and flat base.It is stainless steel and has sprung a leak where the spout joins the body. Now I imagine that the spout was welded to the body in the manufacturing and the leak seems to be along the seam of the join... Now I suppose I could get it rewelded but I have no such skills or acquaintances with those skills so it may have to be done another way. If I put chemical metal along the seam this would need to be done externally as the seem inside the kettle is inacessible owing to a tea strainer like covering (you know like what you see in a tea pot to prevent the worst of the tea leaves being pored out) So if I am going to block up the seam on the outside I am going to have to do it quite well (since it is stanless steel the surface is very smooth so I might have to roughen it)
So has anyone a better idea than to put a line of chemical metal along the seam on the outside? As the leak only really starts when the kettle is almost half full I have a feeling that the pressure may not be really strong and so maybe a careful job will fix it without the need for welding or dismantling (but I would like to use something a little better than chemical metal if that was possible)