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1935 steam pipe leaks - hairline crack

charlie_8
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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?????
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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 oakum0 -
try black & white or epoxy. you could get lucky0 -
Wow
Now that's a serious amount of work. I've used lead wool tapped into a sand hole on cast iron0
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