Water sealing a hole

[AnthonyL]

I've got a piece of plastic through which I want to pass a 1/2" hose.

I want the seal between the hose and the plastic to be watertight but not permanent, eg I don't want to use a glue.

The container through which the hose will go will be holding about 2" of water and then will overflow, basically a bird bath with a fountain through the middle. At the moment the water is seeping back through the rough 1/2" hole and the hose.

My caulking compound, last used 3yrs ago is as solid as a rock. I don't want to buy another tube just for a tiddly job, neither do I want to go to the shops.

Ideas?

[Tim+]

Hot glue?

Tim

[Thomas Prufer]

A hot glue stick, without the gun, heated with a candle/Lighter/blowtorch?

Thomas Prufer

[Jeff Layman]

Blue tack. Or putty. But only if the hose isn't moving at all.

[Jethro_uk]

Plumbers Mait ?

[newshound]

Grommet? IIRC the ones used for electrical metal back boxes are much the same size as a hose. I'd say the rough hole is one of your problems, may be better to tape it closed and cut a clean one with a taper or stepped cutter.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Do you remember that tap apparently giving out water. All done by a transparent tube in the middle of the flowing water. I wonder if it would matter if you made some kind of fake ornate handle with the tube going through it that ran over the top edg? Brian

[harry]

Plumber's Mate. Blue tack.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Grommet?

[John]

Use a thick walled rubber hose through a smaller hole.

[Cynic]

Silicon seal

[tabbypurr]

Silly cone, ebay

NT

[Pancho]

Chewing gum.

[AnthonyL]

Good shout. I'm half way through one now.

(Hope I don't spread any virus to the frogs though.)