jimbo

Hello. I am female and pipe-challenged. I have a hairline crack around the ball of the brass on-off stem of the drain valve on my 2 year-old AO Smith electric water heater. It is not dripping but wet to the touch with mild corrosion. Rather than go through the costly labor of valve replacement, could the corrosion be sanded away and epoxy carefully pushed into the crack? Thanks

I worked for myself for many years . I am retired from plumbing now.

Hi Jimbo,
Who do you work for in SD or are you selfemployed. The reason I ask is I spent 34 of my 35 years plumbing in SD. Grew up in Clairemont, spent the last 25+ years in Ramona raising my sons. Spent nearly 20 years with Maio until about 3 years after he sold out to ARS.