Fix A Leak Pool Leak Sealer - 32 oz

It appears to have stopped a small leak.The 32 oz bottle arrived Thursday June 25.I have an older round hot tub (from 1998) that came with the house. A couple weeks ago, I noticed that since the last water change around February or March, the water level dropped maybe 3 to 5 inches. I used the hot tub maybe 4 or 5 times over that period, and have been using the hot tub pretty regularly for almost 5 years. So, it was clearly losing water from a leak.It is hard to access the hot tub, since it's built into a deck. I need to remove panels and look around inside with a flashlight. I live in a foggy section of San Francisco, so moisture is common. The temperature is never below freezing. I noticed the wood under the hot tub was wet, at least around a quarter of the circumference covering where the control box is. The wetness extended from about 2 inches to about 4 inches from the base of the hot tub. I felt inside the control box, an it felt dry. If I would turn on the jets to the higher setting - it has a low and high setting - I could see water building up, and dripping from a somewhat rusted section of the base of the hot tub.I contacted the company that sells hot tubs in my area, and they agreed to send a technician. I would have to pay $185 for the visit and the first half hour of work. Then I'd have to pay $27 / fifteen minutes after that.I also considered replacing the hot tub with a new one, since it's so old. And if I did that, I would choose to upgrade to a 220v circuit, because it seems all the nice new hot tubs require 220v, and I have only 110v. I won't even say how expensive the quote was for that, because you'll think I'm making it up. I'll just tell you it was outrageous.I'll tell you this much: upgrading the panel / electricity and replacing the hot tub with the one I liked most when I visited the hot tub company, would have cost more than a new small non-fancy car.Why do I mention all this? It's because I read all the reviews, and the most critical ones complained about it not working good enough. Well, it cost only $16 for the bottle.So far this is what I did: On Saturday morning, June 27, my hot tub was operating normally, and the water temperature was about 103 degrees. It was a nice day outside, maybe 60 degrees and getting warmer by the hour. Around noon, I removed the filter and measured out 4 oz, and poured that into the hole where the filter was. I turned the jets to the higher setting for about a minute. Then I turned it to the lower setting. I left the hot tub alone for the most part of the day, occasionally reading more comments here. About an hour later I poured an additional 4 oz in, more slowly. I felt like that couldn't hurt. I'd return once every one or two hours to stir the water, and restart the jets (they sometimes will stop on their own). The hot tub was in direct sunlight, and at around 3 or 4 pm the deck was very hot, and so I closed the hot tub cover because I'm afraid the heat can damage the acrylic. Anyway, overall, I turned everything off around 10:30pm (because otherwise the pump, even low is loud in the dead of night).Throughout Saturday, I would check the ring around the base, and it seemed to be getting less wet. But remained about the same size. Even where it came out of the base when the jets were up high either stopped or became less noticeable. So, I would say a couple hours into it, either the leaking stopped or became extremely minimal.Sunday morning I ran outside to restart the jets on low, around 8 or 9 am. The wetness was still there, but this time, there was noticeable recession. I'd say the wet spots had been drying up overnight, and it was just taking a long time.This is where it is a little strange: A couple hours later it was dry as a bone, everywhere I looked. I continued to run the jets on low for most of Sunday. Everything was looking good for the rest of the day, and at some point I just didn't restart the pumps, and let everything go back to normal operation. Toward the end of the week, I will filter out the fix a leak, but I don't plan to empty the tub for at least a couple weeks.I will follow up in the future to report on any changes. But as of now, the deck is dry and the tub is not leaking, and that's very promising./***************************************************************************************************************************************************/7/3 follow-up:It is about 65 degrees outside.The hot tub is propped up on shims, and is elevated about 1/4 - 1/2 inch where the control box is (and where I have access). I notice a small amount of damp wood just underneath the hot tub. But it rained last week, and has been foggy outside. The metal base of the hot tub remains dry, and there is no noticeable drop in water level. I have not used the hot tub, and it has been operating the same for the past week, circulating water @100 degrees.First I turned on the jets on high to get water / fix-a-leak circulating. Then I replaced the filter, to start filtering out the fix-a-leak. Initially, I rinsed the filter every 2-3 minutes with the jets remaining on high. I decreased the frequency to once per 5 to 10 minutes after the first half hour (when I noticed less "sticky stuff" between the filter pleats. It is an old filter, and I'm prepared to dispose of it if it can't be thoroughly cleaned.The floating brominator has been out all week.The water looked a bit murky, so, I figured it was because of the fix-a-leak. I tested the pH/alkalinity, and it's higher than I've ever seen it - pretty much at the very high end of the scale. Normally, I need to raise the pH slightly every couple weeks. This is the first time I have ever needed to lower it (after 5 years of owning the hot tub). So, I added a small amount of pH/Alkaline decreaser (I never use), and I also added half a cup of bleach. Not sure if that's a good idea, but I do that every week, since I've read is a good alternative to the more expensive shock stuff. Also I have some of this Scented Oxidizer stuff (I use occasionally to offset the bromine smell). It claims to oxidize any non-organic matter. So, I threw in about a tablespoon of that. The water was also much more foamy than it was before. So, I also added this foam remover stuff (I also never use).About half an hour to an hour later when I turned off the jets, I noticed small white flecks floating on the surface. I removed one, and squeezed it. They are oxidized fix-a-leak that tried to cure but maybe were always in contact with the water. There were dozens of them, roundish. The largest are 2 to 3 mm in diameter.After about an hour or so, I tested the water again, still high pH, so added a bit more pH decreaser. There seems to be a lot less fix-a-leak in the filter, so I replaced the floating brominator.The base of the hot tub is still dry, and the wood underneath appears less damp - maybe just some ambient moisture? I left the circulating pump running for an hour, and just returned from checking. The surface is clear of any floating impurities. I rinsed the filter again, and tested the water. Still very high pH. Turned on the jets, and added about a teaspoon of pH decreaser. I also added another 1/4 cup of bleach.One thing worth mentioning: The plastic measuring cup I used last week to measure the fix-a-leak has dried fix-a-leak in the bottom. It's been sitting in the bathroom all week. The fix-a-leak behaves like an adhesive, and in areas where there is a thinner coat, it flakes off, and on the bottom, where it's thicker, it adheres well. I used the same cup to measure the bleach, interested in seeing if the bleach might break down the fix-a-leak, when in direct contact. It's hard to say. I can manage to scratch quite a bit off with my fingernails. So this might help explain why it repairs some leaks more durably than others.I plan to use the hot tub tomorrow, and not refill it for at least a couple weeks, and on a hot day at that.I'll follow up with more information if/when it starts leaking again. I still have two thirds of the bottle left for backup purposes./***************************************************************************************************************************************************/7/4 follow-up:Well, some unfortunate news. It appears to be leaking again, already. Seems to be leaking less than originally. I'm not sure how many leaks there were to begin with, or if there was only one, and it's leaking less. So, I imagine something I did yesterday may have interrupted the curing process. I lowered the pH, added an oxidizer and anti-foam, added 3/4 cup of household bleach, ran the jets on high, overall for about an hour, filtering out the fix-a-leak.So, now I'm repeating the process from last weekend. I have removed the filter and have poured in 4 oz of fix-a-leak into the hole where the filter sits. I also poured a small amount, about a tablespoon, directly over the drain, this time. I dried off the area where the leak is, with a paper towel, ran the jets on high for about 10 minutes. Returned to turn the jets on low - and yes, the area I dried is damp again.For now I am reducing my 5 star rating to 4 stars because of the false hope, and how all this is eating into my weekends.This time, rather than filter it out, I plan to go the route of draining the tub, letting it dry / cure (from the inside) for several day, and then refilling it.-- edit: a review by blake47089 on 7/4 reminded me the jet vibration may have broken a seal, and a second application may be in order. So I may just run the jets more frequently throughout the curing process, this time./***************************************************************************************************************************************************/7/11 follow-up:Apologize for this turning in to a small novel, but this is one of those products where reviews like "It works" or "It didn't work" simply aren't helpful, since there are so many environmental factors: different places where the leaks are, different causes for the leaks, different climate, different water temperature, different chemicals, different water balance, different level of vibration from jets, and the list goes on. It's good to understand what it's actually doing, and how to let it do its thing most effectively. Also, there is a lot of potential for user error, since I'm sure I'm not the only novice hot tub owner writing reviews, here.For example, I started pouring bleach in my hot tub recently, as a shock treatment, since a lot of online "experts" suggested it is just as effective as using the expensive stuff you buy at the spa stores. I'm not as concerned about damaging my hot tub since it's 17 years old, and came with the house, although I don't want it leaking, either. If I go out and purchase a new one, I'd be a lot more concerned about its upkeep and maintenance. For the most part, this has been a learning experience over the past 5 years. It really feels like the leak started several weeks after using the bleach, and maybe around the time I last changed the water. Honestly, the bleach would always cause the chlorine level to spike, and then go back down over several hours. Now I always thought that a cup of bleach in a 230 gallon hot tub would be so low in concentration it could do no harm. But there are all kinds of parts in there that could be sensitive to bleach, and I have no idea how it could react with fix-a-leak. So, I'm not using bleach in the water anymore. I will go back to using my Fresh Scents stuff. It's expensive, but smells better, and doesn't seem to affect the chlorine/bromine level.Last Friday, after I left the floating brominator out for the whole week, the water was cloudy/green. Not anything awful, but not as clear as I'd like it. So, to sanitize the water, I used the bleach again. It hadn't been leaking all week, but after I turned on the jets to filter out the fix-a-leak, and added that bleach, the leak returned by the next day. I had also added a lot of pH decreaser, and anti-foam, because the pH and alkaline measurements had increased by a large amount, and the water was foamy with the jets running.After adding the 4 oz of fix-a-leak I reported doing on 7/4, the leak seemed to slow. Being impatient, I added 2 oz about 3 hours later. I ran the jets on "high" for about 2 minutes, and then turned them back down to "low", hourly for the entire day. I continued to stir the water, and run the jets on high for a couple minutes, and then back to low, hourly, all day Sunday as well - also, in advance I added a small amount of pH decreaser. At the end of the night I replaced the floating brominator. On Monday, when I came home from work, there were no leaks, So, I stirred the water and ran the jets on high for about 5 minutes. I did the same thing on Tuesday and Wednesday. The idea was to cause it to vibrate and possibly repair any broken seal in the process. I left the floating brominator standing on the cool down seat for the whole week, so bromine could stay in the water.This morning, there is no leak. I removed the brominator and stirred the water (by the way, I use a small Rubbermaid dustpan, with a rubber edge, to stir, and it works well). I ran the jets on high for about 5 minutes. Still no leak. So, I have been filtering out the fix-a-leak for a couple hours. I added a little of my Fresh Scents oxidizer stuff - which I'm pretty sure does the same thing as shock treatment. I'm not using any bleach this time. The water is nice, clear, and balanced. For now, I'm letting the jets run on low with the brominator and thermometer back in. I plan to use the hot tub tonight, and check tomorrow to see if the leak returns.

Worked fairly well after two applications for a leak in a skimmer line in an inground pool. You have to isolate the leak and plug the pipe or pipes involved and use a Drain King to supply water under low flow to the closed system with the sealer in it. This forces a solution of the product through the crack in the pipe thus building up the sealer in the Crack to seal it. Use half a bottle at first for a few hours and then the other half for several hours more.

*** I apologize for the review being so long. There are just very few detailed reviews for this product regarding Intex-type pools, I thought I’d be as descriptive as possible🙂Purchased a two month old Intex Ultra XTR 16x48 on FB Marketplace to replace an Intex Easy Set. Yes it was pre-owned, but only for 2 months. I put in the time and effort to level my yard and prepare the landscaping around the pool. I was so excited!The day I had the frame and liner up and started to fill I noticed minimal areas of water standing around the bottom of the liner/on top of the tarp. I thought it may have been excess moisture from the rain the night before. I placed towels down and continued to fill. After removing the towels, the water would come back. I knew I had a slow leak. I monitored the areas for 1 week and noticed my level dropped about 1” in a week. Not terrible, but I was not happy. I knew worst case scenario, I could purchase a replacement liner from Intex (which I did in case I failed). I bought leak finder dye and a snorkel set and got to work looking for my leak to attempt a patch job. Two days and I couldn’t find it anywhere. I had this Fix A Leak saved in my cart as a last ditch attempt to save the pool without draining 5000 gallons of water.I followed the directions, making the adjustments for an Intex pool based on the few reviews/YouTube videos I could find for similar type pools. I ended up using about 24 oz poured slowly into my skimmer. No main drain? Set your manual vacuum in the pool to keep the suspension moving. Brushed the product around the pool every 1-2 hours throughout the day. And then I shut the pump off after 8 hours.The next morning, there was water pooling in the same spots, so I laid down towels to draw it out. I came home for lunch and removed the towels, the water had receded in some areas and was complete dry in other areas.I had used painters tape to mark off my water line when I started. At 24 hours and no noticeable change in water level, I decided to wait another 24 hours before resuming normal filtration. I did surface level skim the bugs and pollen out of the water to minimize my cleaning and the inevitable chemical balancing I would have to do once I turned the filter back on. My chlorine levels were high prior to treatment as I had just shocked in preparation for using this.The following morning, after approximately 60 hours of the pump being off, I resumed normal filtration. Frustrated because it was useless to look for standing water because it had rained the night before…. And with the threat of rain all day I didn’t see the point in wiping up all the water from the rain. My water level had not lowered since I had cut the pump off. (I had gained 2” of water from the rain)… later in the day, I back washed & rinsed, removing about an inch of water overall.The following morning, my water had receded approximately 1/8” which is typical for an uncovered pool in the sun for Central Florida. Standing water only appeared at the very lowest points. I placed towels around the areas of standing water and went to work. That afternoon I came home for lunch and removed the towels so when I came home from work, I could determine if water pooled up again without the towels being present.The following morning not even a hint of moisture was present in the usual lowest areas. I am satisfied that it found the leak and sealed it… the big question will be: how long will it hold?I plan on vacuuming to waste the remainder solution that has gathered on the bottom and topping off the water afterwards.I will continue to monitor and update the review as needed.☺️

Update, second bottle, I’m losing 1/2 a day. So, it seems to to work on a pool for a day.I pretty much followed the directions with a little deviation. I was leaking @ a inch every 24hr… very costly. I added this solution Sunday afternoon and by the next day I could see a difference. 3 days later I haven’t really lost anything but a trace due evaporation.

Expensive but works.

This product has been very helpful to us. It has save us money verses having a service call to fix a leak(s).Our hot tub is 20 years old, yes 20 years. From time to time it looses water. So, I add Fix A Leak, but, a little more than what the instructions say. I run the pump as instructed, let the hot tub set 3 days, drain clean and refill. After a while it looses water again, so I repeat the process.Since my hot tub is 20 years old, I don't know if I have a recurring leak at one location or if I'm experiencing leaks in different locations.

My hot tub leaked, and after removing and re-sealing some jets and filters, and repairing small cracks with epoxy, I still had a significant leak that I could not locate even with the sides peeled off (5 cm level drop in one day for a 160 usg tub). I bought this stuff in desperation (I had to remove part of our deck to get to the sides of the tub so needed a solution) with limited optimism ... and was pleasantly surprised - after application, it has now held water for 5 days at full temperature, even with a couple of small cracks visible - even sealing a small drip near the pump that wasn't worth fixing. Right now, there are no leaks at all anywhere around the tub, and the pump is working fine (another worry with a universal sealer). They say it lasts 1 to 2 years - I hope that is right.My only gripe was the instructions on the bottle only discuss a large swimming pool. Their online account does discuss hot tub repair, but is a bit confusing on curing - so I wrote the manufacturer who responded the same day (five stars on that point alone!). To help others, I will recount what they said, mixed in with what I did so that you have a successful application to which to refer.Step 1: Removed jets and filtration system components (anything the stuff could try to seal)Step 2: Turned on pump to maximum flow and slowly added 16 oz into skimmer inlet (half the bottle)Step 3: Some product precipitated out (white particles on seats) after about an hour, so I stirred the tub with a broom once per hour. I continued this for 8 hours, continually re-starting my high-flow pump mode after it timed out.Step 4: I turned the tub off (manufacturer said I could leave on circulation if I wanted) and let is sit for 48 hours. I had no leaks after this wait (manufacturer says you can add more product at that point if your leaks persist).Step 5: Drain the tub and wipe out any residue with a wet towel - leave it dry then for 5 days for the sealer to cureStep 6: Refill the tub and use as normal - watching for any leaks (none in my case).

It does exactly what it describes, which is fixes leaks smaller than 1/8 of an inch but don't expect it to fix any leak larger than that. It really is easy to use, especially because it doesn't require draining the hot tub to apply it. It does take your tub out of circulation for 2-3 days, 1 day to circulate it, 1 day to let it cure and 1 day to filter the surplus flakes, but I rather that than draining I tell you!

We have a soft tub that sprung a leak about a month ago, we were loosing about 2 feet of water daily. With the temps at -20 we can't drain it to repair it until the spring. Used this stuff and we're only loosing about an inch a day and that's maintainable.

My hot tub losing 2 inch water per day. Follow instruction put 8 oz. run my pump 8 hours. It keep losing water, Put another 8oz. repeat the step, still not working, then put the rest of it. Keep losing water. 100% not working for all kind of leak.

This stuff is garbage, i followed the intructions fully and it didnt find my leak! Waste of $40