Saw a guy in Syracuse fix a cracked faucet base with epoxy putty instead of replacing it

I watched him patch a leaky kitchen faucet base with $4 worth of epoxy putty from the hardware store and it held perfectly for the rest of his tenancy. Has anyone else tried repairing chrome fixtures instead of just swapping them out?

2 comments

2 Comments

the_jake2d ago

That $4 epoxy fix probably won't last six months if the faucet gets regular use. I had a landlord try the same thing in my old apartment in Rochester and it failed three times before they finally replaced the whole fixture. The problem is water gets trapped under that putty and starts corroding the chrome from underneath. You can't see it until the epoxy pops off and you've got a green crusty mess. Maybe it works for a sink nobody uses, but for a daily kitchen faucet it's just a temporary bandaid that makes the real repair harder later.

ray_carr1d ago

Never really thought about that trapped moisture thing, but you're totally right, that changes my mind completely.