Hooray for Silicone Tape

[easysurfer]

Noticed a crack on the old aerator on the kitchen sink.

Small streams of water started to shoot out.

Good thing I had some silicone tape around to give a temporary fix until I get a new aerator.

 

[Koolau]

Noticed a crack on the old aerator on the kitchen sink.

Small streams of water started to shoot out.

Good thing I had some silicone tape around to give a temporary fix until I get a new aerator.

If DW never finds out you fixed it that way, you might not need to replace it. Just sayin' so YMMV.

 

[calmloki]

Just replaced my aerator that just died with a BIG upgrade from Amazon. The new one swivels to the sides about 80 degrees and twists to go from spray to foamy. AND it passes 1.8GPM, which gives a nice pressure spray boost. It will happily spray up to and over all the sides of the sink. Got the 2-pack and will use the mere 40 degree on a different faucet.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YXZ4DHF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[easysurfer]

If DW never finds out you fixed it that way, you might not need to replace it. Just sayin' so YMMV.

No DW, but I like your way of thinking .

I may leave the fix up for some time before replacing because I can .

 

[NW-Bound]

Noticed a crack on the old aerator on the kitchen sink.

Small streams of water started to shoot out.

Good thing I had some silicone tape around to give a temporary fix until I get a new aerator.

Well, good ole duct tape would work too, if you trimmed down the width to what you needed for this fix. Why have two types of adhesive tape, if you can do with just one?


Nah, who needs an aerator anyway. Just yank it out, and call the problem solved.

 

[easysurfer]

Aerator won't arrive til tomorrow.

But no problem as the silicone tape is holding up nice and good .

 

[easysurfer]

Faucet update ...

I went ahead and installed the new aerator. Happy to say the aerator fit thanks to previously measuring with my digital caliper (so, the caliper is not a toy, after all).

The good thing about the new aerator is that it is not flow restricted. In otherwords, water flows out like the good old days when I was a kid. The extra flow (yeah, I know, may use more water ) is great for rinsing off dishes and fills up the water bath container for sous vide cooking about twice as fast .