Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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Foundries / Metalcasting:

  • Lab-metal reduces costly rejects in foundry production.
  • Fill aluminum casting porosity spots with Lab-metal.
  • Repair gouged or worn core boxes with Hi-Temp Lab-metal.
  • Patch dents and rough spots on metal castings (aluminum & iron) with Lab-metal.
  • Fill blow holes, sand holes and metal surface defects with Lab-metal.
  • Repair or alter wood and metal patterns with Lab-metal.
  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto patterns to prevent warping and checking.
  • Brush or spray Lab-metal onto castings for a smooth, metallic finish prior to painting.
  • Lab-metal and Hi-Temp Lab-metal are used to fill seams or dents prior to powder coating.
  • Lab-metal is used to coat wood patterns for 300% higher abrasion resistance.
  • Lab-metal is paintable, rustproof, and water-resistant.
  • Lab-metal may be pigmented to darker shades of gray to match gray iron.

Welding:

  • Lab-metal cosmetically repairs damaged metal where welding is impractical or infeasible.
  • Lab-metal seals porosity in welds
  • Fill metal doors, windows, frames and other metal surface defects with Lab-metal.
  • Finish weeping welds and fill tack-welded seams with Lab-metal.
  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto the substrate for a smooth finish prior to painting.
  • Use Lab-metal as a rustproof, water-resistant protective coating on water or fuel storage tanks.
  • Repair metal roofs and all kinds of piping with Lab-metal.
  • Fill cavitation pits in fin assemblies, Francis runners and other propellers with Lab-metal.
  • Repair motor and engine blocks, as well as leaking oil pans with Lab-metal.
  • Repair manifolds and exhaust systems with Hi-Temp Lab-metal, originally formulated for foundries but used for numerous high-temperature repairs in industry.
  • Patch fuel tanks (unable to withstand the heat of welding) with Lab-metal, which is impervious to gasoline.

Bearings / motion control industry:

  • Repair gouged or damaged shafts with Lab-metal prior to replacing new races and bearings.
  • Repair stripped threads with Lab-metal.
  • Build up worn shafts with Lab-metal.
  • Fill over-bored holes with Lab-metal and re-drill and tap.
  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto the substrate for a smooth finish prior to painting.

Industrial:

  • Lab-metal is a proven filler used in metalworking plants since 1950.
  • Lab-metal fills metal doors, windows, frames and other metal surface defects.
  • Repair metal roofs and all kinds of piping with Lab-metal.
  • Repair worn or damaged equipment and machinery with Lab-metal.
  • Repair metal furniture with Lab-metal.
  • Build up worn tracks on industrial equipment with Lab-metal.
  • Patch industrial ovens with Hi-Temp Lab-metal.
  • Patch ducts and vents with Lab-metal.
  • Build up worn shafts with Lab-metal.
  • Fill over-bored holes with Lab-metal and re-drill and tap.
  • Fill holes in metal fabrications, including doorways and metal door seams, with Lab-metal.

Construction & Transportation:

  • Repair mufflers with Hi-Temp Lab-metal.
  • Patch automotive, heavy equipment and machinery fuel tanks with Lab-metal.
  • Repair cracked auto/truck/contractor machinery engine blocks with Lab-metal.
  • Coat and finish damaged metal roofs on train gondola cars, trucks and trailers with Lab-metal.
  • Fill damaged and pitted turbines in power generation plants with Lab-metal.
  • Fill handrail seams and metal banisters with Lab-metal.

Marine:

  • Fill holes in metal masts with Lab-metal when relocating attachments.
  • Patch and finish gouged metal surfaces with Lab-metal.
  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto the substrate for a smooth finish prior to painting.
  • Use Lab-metal as a rustproof, water-resistant protective coating on water or fuel storage tanks.
  • Fill cavitation pits on fin assemblies, Francis runners and other propellers with Lab-metal.
  • Seal leaking seams in aluminum boats with Lab-metal.
  • Repair boat engine blocks with Lab-metal.
  • Repair leaking oil pans with Lab-metal.
  • Repair cracked inboard engine blocks with Lab-metal.
  • Repair manifolds and exhaust systems with Hi-Temp Lab-metal, originally formulated for foundries but used for numerous high-temperature repairs in industry.

Plumbing & Heating (HVACR):

  • Fill pump housings and metal surface defects with Lab-metal.
  • Patch holes in all kinds of piping (even PVC) with Lab-metal.
  • Patch low-pressure steam lines with Lab-metal.
  • Patch ductwork and vents with Lab-metal.
  • Seal leaking radiators and heaters with Lab-metal.
  • Repair cracked boilers with Lab-metal.
  • Repair leaking pipes, water and fuel tanks with Lab-metal.
  • Repair damaged flanges with Lab-metal prior to installation of new gasketing.

Agriculture:

  • Patch farm tractor fuel tanks and worn plow blades with Lab-metal.
  • Repair stripped threads with Lab-metal.
  • Repair water tanks and watering troughs with Lab-metal.
  • Repair cracked tractor engine blocks and oil pans with Lab-metal.
  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto metal surfaces for a rustproof, water-resistant metal finish that can be painted over.
  • Fill seams or dents with Lab-metal.
  • Coat or patch leaks in metal troughs, roofs, gutters and downspouts with Lab-metal.
  • Build up worn shafts with Lab-metal.
  • Fill over-bored holes with Lab-metal and re-drill and tap.
  • Repair holes in irrigation pipes with Lab-metal.

Woodworking:

  • Thin Lab-metal with Lab-solvent and brush or spray onto the substrate for a smooth finish prior to painting.
  • Repair wooden patterns with Lab-metal.
  • Repair wooden boat screw-holes and other stripped threads with Lab-metal.

Paint & Powder Coating:

  • Lab-metal withstands temperatures as high as 425ºF for one-time exposures for no longer than 20 minutes
  • Hi-Temp Lab-metal withstands temperatures greater than 350ºF, up to 1000ºF!
  • Use Lab-metal or Hi-Temp Lab-metal to fill dents in metal parts to be liquid or powder coated.
  • Repair damaged parts or build up worn parts with Lab-metal before painting or powder coating.
  • Use Lab-metal as a protective metallic paint or coating by thinning with Lab-solvent and applying with a paint brush or spray equipment.

Do-It-Yourself ~ Hardware & Home Center:

  • Repair holes in lawn mower housings with Lab-metal.
  • Repair leaking gutters with Lab-metal.
  • Repair metal roofs with Lab-metal.
  • Repair wood stoves with Hi-Temp Lab-metal.
  • Repair PVC irrigation piping, PVC pool water lines and pool pumps with Lab-metal
  • Repair aluminum boats with Lab-metal.
  • Repair rusted tree stands, bird feeders / baths with Lab-metal.
  • Repair incorrectly drilled holes in metal pipes and tubes with Lab-metal.
  • Repair leaking gasoline tanks with Lab-metal.

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