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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: CanadianSpaTech on February 07, 2020, 11:26:53 am

Title: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: CanadianSpaTech on February 07, 2020, 11:26:53 am: https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipMDzdYvspyzFDNTWtL0fNNWImbR3fNdzUQrmKlB (https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipMDzdYvspyzFDNTWtL0fNNWImbR3fNdzUQrmKlB)

Interested in hearing how others would approach this repair. It is a 2003 Marquis Spa "Escape". It was a removal/dump tub and I normally this time of year (-10C and no indoor working space) I would just strip it for parts and dump it but the spa was retro fitted with a 2014 Balboa pack and topside and the pumps look to be updated as well. Other than the screw poking through it's not bad shape and I have $0 dollars invested.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: Tman122 on February 07, 2020, 03:15:38 pm: I'd love to help but the photo link is no good.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: BullFrogSpasMN on February 07, 2020, 05:27:07 pm: bad link...I assume a screw hole through the shell? if so I'd probably order a fairly standard acrylic repair kit that comes with the 'sand-able' compound...hell if you want you could order the colored kit and come up with a pretty close match to the existing shell color.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: Tman122 on February 07, 2020, 07:00:20 pm: Quote from: BullFrogSpasMN on February 07, 2020, 05:27:07 pm
bad link...I assume a screw hole through the shell? if so I'd probably order a fairly standard acrylic repair kit that comes with the 'sand-able' compound...hell if you want you could order the colored kit and come up with a pretty close match to the existing shell color.

If it's only a screw hole even silicon could work depending on the location.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: CanadianSpaTech on February 07, 2020, 07:14:29 pm: Sorry. How about now... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zps73riYdqB7tVuA9
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: Tman122 on February 08, 2020, 08:07:28 am: Quote from: CanadianSpaTech on February 07, 2020, 07:14:29 pm
Sorry. How about now... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zps73riYdqB7tVuA9

If its a decent tub I think I would use a fiberglass repair kit or epoxy repair kit. A bolt and nut with rubber washer and silicon sealant There are tons of ways to fix it.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: CanadianSpaTech on February 08, 2020, 11:16:19 am: Thanks for the reply. Were you able to open the photos using the second link?

Super cold here but should warm up a bit by Monday. Will have to get out there and open it up for a closer look on the inside. I have done a handfull of glass backed Lucite Acrylic repairs in the past but nothing in the last 8-10 years. Anybody know what the shell and backing matreials are made up of on one of these Marquis?
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: Tman122 on February 11, 2020, 08:33:53 am: They are fiberglass backed acrylic.

Yes the link worked.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: CanadianSpaTech on February 11, 2020, 09:42:22 am: THX Tman... Warmed up yesterday enough to get a closer look. Found a couple of other issues one being a large bubble almost the size of a baseball that once I touched it it oozed rust and flaked right off so I decided to just strip out the pumps, pack and topside and junk the rest. Thanks for the input. On to the next one.
Title: Re: Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally
Post by: Tman122 on February 12, 2020, 08:38:43 am: Quote from: CanadianSpaTech on February 11, 2020, 09:42:22 am
THX Tman... Warmed up yesterday enough to get a closer look. Found a couple of other issues one being a large bubble almost the size of a baseball that once I touched it it oozed rust and flaked right off so I decided to just strip out the pumps, pack and topside and junk the rest. Thanks for the input. On to the next one.

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