Crack in Shower Stall Floor...Help!

[obxgal]

Hi all...

our "new to us" 1975 Excella 500 has a crack about 1.5" long. It is along the outside curved edge on the floor pan. What have you all been using to make repairs? Is this a fiberglass repair or is it a molded plastic? Any help will be very appreciated!

Thanks,
Susan

[overlander63]

Welcome to the forums. I think that floor is a piece of heavy molded plastic. Since it's a shower stall, I'm guessing you have a rear bedroom coach, you should be able to get to it more easily than one in the rear. You can probably coat the entire floor of the shower with fiberglass mat and resin, and a coat of Tiger Hair over that, and a coat of epoxy over that to finish. The alternative would be finding an uncracked shower pan.

[max7]

Originally Posted by overlander63

and a coat of epoxy over that to finish.

What kind of epoxy would you use?
Best,
Maxwell

[Wingeezer]

Originally Posted by obxgal

Hi all...

our "new to us" 1975 Excella 500 has a crack about 1.5" long. It is along the outside curved edge on the floor pan. What have you all been using to make repairs? Is this a fiberglass repair or is it a molded plastic? Any help will be very appreciated!

Thanks,
Susan

Hi Susan,

When we bought our used 2005 Classic, it had a small crack about the same size in the bottom of a curved section of the wall. I left it alone for our first couple of trips, but had the impression it was growing due to trailer movement.

I'm sure there are better ways to repair it, but all I did was to drill a small hole at the root of the crack (a standard technique used to stop cracks from progressing) and then used a clear sealant I had that dries quite hard but still flexible to fill the hole and to seal the crack in order to stabilize it more and to prevent water entering.

Its not invisible, but doesn't look that bad either and I can keep an eye on it! When we are camping, it is usually hidden behind shampoo & shower gel bottles on the shower seat anyway!

Travelled a few thousand mikes with it since and no problem as yet.

I figured that in trying to repair it and make it look invisible, I'd probably only make it look worse and draw more attention to it!

Brian.