Cracked bath plastic

[Dsp27]

Hello all, hoping this is on the right board, apologies if not!

We're in the process of selling our house and I'm hoping to make a few improvements for the incoming owner. We have a couple of cracks to the plastic shell of our bath (as pictured) and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions re a product/material I could use to try and repair them as best as possible.

The apparent previous attempts at repairing were carried out by someone else, not sure what they used and hoping for something that looks a little less messy, if it exists....

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• Dsp27
• 29 Sep 2021

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• Dsp27
• 29 Sep 2021

 

[jbonevia]

Looks like the previous repair was done with clear epoxy.

I don't think you'll get an invisible repair bit you could look at using milliput putty. Carefully remove the old expoxy with a razor blade, try and chamfer or groove out the edges of the cracks and then carefully fill with milliput and smooth out. It can be sanded later with fine abrasive paper, maybe 240 grit or higher.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milliput-Epoxy-Putty-Superfine-White/dp/B07VDWZ9PJ

 

[foxhole]

Leave it if you are selling , buyer will probably want to replace .

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Leave it if you are selling , buyer will probably want to replace .

I think I'm in two minds on this one, depending on the condition/standard of the rest of the bathroom, potentially that kind of seemingly drastic damage could put someone off IMO, I'd be inclined to try one of the local specialist bath repairers, otherwise you could fill/sand it with some P38 and spray paint it, if you feel lucky.

 

[Dsp27]

Thanks very much for the advice all, really appreciate it. Doubt the buyer will want to replace the bath or bathroom as they were newly fitted approx 5 years ago and great condition otherwise. We've accepted an offer but the damage wasn't visible during the open day, so I want to do the right thing and make as good as possible prior to completion.

Didn't know there was such a thing as specialist bath repairers! Will definitely look into that given that it sounds like a DIY job might come with some risk.