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Crack in concrete water feature

MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
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Can anyone advise me on how to repair a crack in the concrete bowl of a water feature please. t i a
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    How big is the bowl? A pic would help
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Silicone sealant should fix it. 
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  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    Not sure this is bird friendly? does any one know of a non toxic sealant?
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Once dried silicone is harmless and largely inert.
    So it's perfectly safe - once dry

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  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    Thank you @Pete.8 what silicone is it you refer to? is it the one for bathrooms?
     
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Just a basic all purpose silicone sealant will do.
    Ideally not one with antifungal properties.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    @Pete.8 My apologies, I neglected to mention that this item is intended to be used as a birdbath. Unfortunately, I am still having problems sourcing a silicone that is not harmful to wildlife. I am sure there are products intended for such repairs that are bird friendly and I am hoping that someone must have done such a repair as filling in cracks in cement birdbaths, Anyone?? 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I think @Fire knows of such a produce. From memory it was something like 'Sugru' but I'm not certain. After her recommendation some time ago, I used it to mend a crack in our concrete birth bath. The birds seemed fine with it but I saw a couple of days ago, we now have a new crack! 
    Once silicon has dried, I don't think it would harm birds to drink the water.
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  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    Thank you @Lizzie27, I  was a bit wary, as I did actually read on one silicone label that it was not suitable for birds/aquatic life so unless someone can recommend one I will hang on a while. I will also wait and see if 'Fire' can help. Meanwhile thanks for the heads up on sugru, I will do some research.  ;)
  • DogmumDogmum Posts: 96
    We used a silicone sealant to fix a crack in our bird bath.  Unfortunately the crack went up the side and over the lip edge. The birds, or at least one seemed to think it was something edible and managed to pull some of it loose.  We settled for putting a large plant saucer in the bird bath and using that instead.
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