Gorilla Glue on PVC

[fluidimagery]

A short while ago I noticed a small leak coming from the 1.5" gate valve on my MRC-2. I took it apart once and re-taped it but sure enough the leak was still persistant. It's very tiny, maybe a single drip every 10 minutes, but something that needs to be fixed. Next I tried 2 part epoxy to seal the thread which i thought was the issue. Still leaked.

So I took it apart again to look and I noticed there was a hairline crack in the gate valve housing. Without spending $60 some odd dollars between the PVC and the gate valve I would need to buy I decided to try using gorilla glue on the pvc thread where the crack was. It's sitting out in my garage now where it will stay for the next day while the glue sets.

Was it a mistake to use the Gorilla glue... I was careful not to get it near the inside where it could possibly get wet. Is gorilla glue "reef safe" once it's set?

 

[Slamajamajama]

IMHO, i would have got a syringe and used acrylic or PVC glue it would have fused the crack closed

 

[fritz]

Yeah some $2 PVC solvent would have sealed that good. After all, it is used to join PVC together into one solid piece.

 

[fluidimagery]

I'll give that a try if this doesn't work. Thanks!

 

[PalmTree]

I used PVC cement to fuse 2 pieces togetheir and it worked great water tight so far!