Great Stuff to Seal Leaks?

[pixi]

Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did, where
did you buy it?

Sent you an e-mail but it bounced.

Thanks

Pixi

[GoldLexus]

Pixi I am assuming you are referring to my post about patching our
waterfall.
We will be doing the patching on Monday. I picked up the Great Stuff at Home
Depot yesterday.
It will be a couple of weeks before we have the waterfall running. Along
with patching the waterfall we
have to clean out the pond and filters. And we want to re-route the water
better down the falls.
I will let you know how it goes. I have read posts from a long time ago and
it sounds like the
Great Stuff really does the job. I ever read that someone built their entire
falls using the Great Stuff
as a mortar for the rocks and they seem happy about their outcome.
My two questions still stands....How long will it last and what kind of
paint to use to cover the Great stuff
up.
"pixi" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did, where
> did you buy it?
>
> Sent you an e-mail but it bounced.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pixi
>
>

[pixi]

I don't know much about pond buildings but I have learned a few things by
trial and error. I used some sort of expanding foam on my waterfall and
sprayed with an oil based paint. Big mistake! The paint ate holes in the
foam. I then bought some latex based paint and it worked well. So be sure
to read the label on the Great Stuff can. It may tell you what not to use.

Please do keep me informed.

Pixi.

"GoldLexus" > wrote in message
...
> Pixi I am assuming you are referring to my post about patching our
> waterfall.
> We will be doing the patching on Monday. I picked up the Great Stuff at
Home
> Depot yesterday.
> It will be a couple of weeks before we have the waterfall running. Along
> with patching the waterfall we
> have to clean out the pond and filters. And we want to re-route the water
> better down the falls.
> I will let you know how it goes. I have read posts from a long time ago
and
> it sounds like the
> Great Stuff really does the job. I ever read that someone built their
entire
> falls using the Great Stuff
> as a mortar for the rocks and they seem happy about their outcome.
> My two questions still stands....How long will it last and what kind of
> paint to use to cover the Great stuff
> up.
> "pixi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did,
where
> > did you buy it?
> >
> > Sent you an e-mail but it bounced.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Pixi
> >
> >
>
>

[dkat]

I don't know how picky you are about your rocks but once you get Great Stuff
on them it is almost impossible to get off. I decided I didn't like it and
it didn't solve my problem. That isn't to say it won't work. Just that you
might try it out in a 'test' area to get the feel of it and all. It expands
really quickly and is difficult to control. It sticks to anything and
everything. I don't know if it would help to put Saran wrap on top of the
area you want to seal (tape it to make an envelop?), spray in the Great
Stuff, and then put your rocks on top of this while it is not yet set....

"GoldLexus" > wrote in message
...
> Pixi I am assuming you are referring to my post about patching our
> waterfall.
> We will be doing the patching on Monday. I picked up the Great Stuff at
Home
> Depot yesterday.
> It will be a couple of weeks before we have the waterfall running. Along
> with patching the waterfall we
> have to clean out the pond and filters. And we want to re-route the water
> better down the falls.
> I will let you know how it goes. I have read posts from a long time ago
and
> it sounds like the
> Great Stuff really does the job. I ever read that someone built their
entire
> falls using the Great Stuff
> as a mortar for the rocks and they seem happy about their outcome.
> My two questions still stands....How long will it last and what kind of
> paint to use to cover the Great stuff
> up.
> "pixi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did,
where
> > did you buy it?
> >
> > Sent you an e-mail but it bounced.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Pixi
> >
> >
>
>

[Andrew Burgess]

>I don't know how picky you are about your rocks but once you get Great Stuff
>on them it is almost impossible to get off. I decided I didn't like it and
>it didn't solve my problem. That isn't to say it won't work. Just that you
>might try it out in a 'test' area to get the feel of it and all. It expands
>really quickly and is difficult to control. It sticks to anything and
>everything.

I'm not sure what Great Stuff is made of but if it's polyurethane there
are cans of low and high expansion PU available at hardware stores.

Does it say anything informative on the label?

[Benign Vanilla]

"pixi" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did, where
> did you buy it?

I have used triple expanding foam on Shareholders Pond with mixed results. I
am not sure if it is the same as Great Stuff or not. Heck, I may have even
used Great Stuff, I dunno, never read the side of the can. Anyway, I found
that stopping leaks in my VF dam it worked just fine. It didn't totally stop
the flow, but it slowed it enough for my liking. I used it to patch a leak
in my stream and that has been a disaster. Once the foam absorbs enough
water, it just wicks more and more out of the pond. We're in the process of
fixing this now.

BV.

[Heather]

Okay so if expanding foam is hard to control and does not totally seal the
leaks is using silicone seal (the aquarium kind) a better choice?

Heather



"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "pixi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did,
where
> > did you buy it?
>
> I have used triple expanding foam on Shareholders Pond with mixed results.
I
> am not sure if it is the same as Great Stuff or not. Heck, I may have even
> used Great Stuff, I dunno, never read the side of the can. Anyway, I found
> that stopping leaks in my VF dam it worked just fine. It didn't totally
stop
> the flow, but it slowed it enough for my liking. I used it to patch a leak
> in my stream and that has been a disaster. Once the foam absorbs enough
> water, it just wicks more and more out of the pond. We're in the process
of
> fixing this now.
>
> BV.
>
>

[D Kat]

This is what I used and was happier with.. (know this is late in response
but you don't seem to have gotten it from anyone else and I just now saw
it)..
"Heather" > wrote in message
.. .
> Okay so if expanding foam is hard to control and does not totally seal the
> leaks is using silicone seal (the aquarium kind) a better choice?
>
> Heather
>
>
>
> "Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "pixi" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hello. Did the Great Stuff work to seal your leak? And if it did,
> where
> > > did you buy it?
> >
> > I have used triple expanding foam on Shareholders Pond with mixed
results.
> I
> > am not sure if it is the same as Great Stuff or not. Heck, I may have
even
> > used Great Stuff, I dunno, never read the side of the can. Anyway, I
found
> > that stopping leaks in my VF dam it worked just fine. It didn't totally
> stop
> > the flow, but it slowed it enough for my liking. I used it to patch a
leak
> > in my stream and that has been a disaster. Once the foam absorbs enough
> > water, it just wicks more and more out of the pond. We're in the process
> of
> > fixing this now.
> >
> > BV.
> >
> >
>
>