Marquis Spa is Screwed...literally

[CanadianSpaTech]

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.

[Tman122]

I'd love to help but the photo link is no good.

[BullFrogSpasMN]

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.

[Tman122]

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.

[CanadianSpaTech]

Sorry. How about now... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zps73riYdqB7tVuA9

[Tman122]

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.

[CanadianSpaTech]

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? 

[Tman122]

They are fiberglass backed acrylic.

Yes the link worked.

[CanadianSpaTech]

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.

[Tman122]

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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