1935 steam pipe leaks - hairline crack

charlie_8

is there a way to seal the steam hairline crack without replacing the pipes and disconnecting the pipes and radiator and then reconnecting all of the above?????

joe_31

steam pipe cracked

i once used steel wool pulled thin soaked in salty water to corrode close a crack in cast ecentric fitting under the direction of an old timer worked after chiseling it into the crack wraping it with oakum

bob young

try black & white or epoxy. you could get lucky

Boiler Guy

Wow

Now that's a serious amount of work. I've used lead wool tapped into a sand hole on cast iron