My boiler leak

[Emfinger]

I got a note from someone suggesting that I try a product called "Boiler Solder".

https://www.plumbingsupplynow.com/1-lb- ... acQAvD_BwE

Sounds too good to be true...but please tell me what you think.

Thank you
Tom

[pat1027]

Looks like a product intended to get into a seam and plug it. What you have described is a hole in the tube. Doubtful it will do any good.

[Bill Shields]

snake oil...

[Emfinger]

snake oil...

Got it !

[Bill Shields]

I have seen (smelled) people who put crystalized ginger into a working copper boiler to plug pinholes...generally from weepy soldering.

It works...but you have to continually feed the ginger or the leaks come back...and never use it to fix a leaky tube caused by corrosion.

Generally if you have a steel boiler that has sprung a leak...it is time to pull it off and fix it

[Fender]

Research indicates that this product contains “oatmeal”! Intended for low-pressure heating boilers. I doubt that this is going to be your “secret sauce”.

[Bill Shields]

Like I mentioned... snake oil

[gwrdriver]

The historical way of sealing a new or repaired riveted and peened seam boiler was to throw a few shovel-fulls of horse manure into it and steam it up. The fiber in the manure would find its was into the seams and act as a caulk. Of course the natural fiber would eventually break down but by that time it was replaced by rust and suspended solids in the feedwater.
Sounds like a new name for an old trick.

[Steamer Al]

The historical way of sealing a new or repaired riveted and peened seam boiler was to throw a few shovel-fulls of horse manure into it and steam it up. The fiber in the manure would find its was into the seams and act as a caulk. Of course the natural fiber would eventually break down but by that time it was replaced by rust and suspended solids in the feedwater.
Sounds like a new name for an old trick.

I sure as heck would not want to be downwind of that one!

[NP317]

That would be a really crappy way to deal with boiler leaks!!!
RussN

[Emfinger]

I wish I owned a full size steam Locomotive Because I would purchase a horse !

[Bill Shields]

Horses are a lot more expensive (in the long run).

You only have to feed a steamer when you run it.