My keg has a hole in it :(

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matti

My keg has a hole in it :(

Post by matti » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:50 pm

I bought a beer sphere off ebay a while back second hand and noticed the outside had a little dent in it but it didn't go through to the inside of the keg. Anyway Iv got my Nelsons revenge in there now and beer is leaking from the same place. I think it has slowed down because the beer that has leaked out seems to have kind of caramelised and is partially blocking the hole.

Iv just tried the tap and there is still pressure inside. I dont want to bother around with sending it back as the keg itself was only a couple of quid and the postage £8. Do you think I could fix it if I superglued some plastic over the hole or something?

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:21 pm

Don't see any reason why not ;)

Probably better to do it when the keg is empty. Having said that, the beer that has dried at the bottom of the keg is asking for bacteria to grow on it.

I'd be tempted to try and repair from the inside. If you superglue from the outside now I would imagine you'll have to repair from the inside anyway. You'll need to be able to allow your cleaning'sanitising solution to get into all the nooks and crannies.

Drink your beer responsibly fast :P and repair after.

Not sure if superglue will leach into the beer though...Daab.

You could always plastic weld :ph34r:

matti

Post by matti » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:25 pm

Cheers Vossy. Il do it from the inside because if i do it on the outside the pressure is more likely to blow it open again.

Frothy

Post by Frothy » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:32 pm

Araldrite - so it that like a poly-cement?
Interesting some of these chemicals - just using some liquid metal to fix a broken beer font.

Matt

matti

Post by matti » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:30 pm

I will have a look into that, probably got some somewhere in the garage. Cheers

eskimobob

Post by eskimobob » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:10 am

I always thought super glue (cyanoacrylate) was toxic but a check on the web appears to say this is not the case. Apparently a modified version is used to glue wounds together to avoid the need for stitches! Having said that, it appears that about 5% of the population can become sensitized to cyanoacrylate fumes after repeated exposure.

I wonder therefore why there is always a Toxic warning on the back of super glue tubes? Perhaps some super glues have additional additives that make them toxic.

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:17 am

Thats right eskimobob, superglue was originally created to close wounds quickly, in the Vietnam war. I've used it myself for this purpose when I sliced my finger with braid whilst fishing...its good stuff.

Most of the toxicity associated with superglue is because of the fumes.

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