Water sealing a hole

Apr 01, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 13 Replies
A

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?


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T

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

Thomas Prufer

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J

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

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N

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.

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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

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T

Grommet?

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J

Use a thick walled rubber hose through a smaller hole.

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A

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

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

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