From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/8/2025 6:02 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >   
   >   I've got a couple of 5 gallon molded plastic gas cans that have   
   > cracked at the mold part line on the top of the handle and top of the   
   > container . Any way to repair these ? They're usable as is , but if I   
   > carry them in the car enough gas seeps out to give my wife headaches .   
   > New ones are crazy expensive here .   
      
      
   Is there a symbol on them somewhere that might tell you what kind of   
   plastic they are?  If so have you checked to see if that particular   
   polymer is "plastic weldable" or chemically fuse-able.   
      
   So many plastics are made to degrade I assume at the first sign of that   
   sort of failure more failures are coming.  Sometimes I'll play with a   
   glass and resin batch for something that is LIGHTLY structural, but if   
   it needs to be liquid/air tight its dumpster fodder.   
      
   Steel Jerry cans are still available.  They cost, but if you keep them   
   off the ground and out of the snow it will be a long time before they   
   rust out.   
      
   I know sometimes you have to do what you have to do, but I would   
   generally never transport a gas can, propane tank, etc inside an   
   enclosed vehicle.  I've seen the aftermath a couple times of an errant   
   spark.  Its not pretty.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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