Porosity sealing on a motor bike crankcase with Acrylic 120C

The Motor Bike, a Daytona 955 2008 Triumph had developed oil leaks from pinhole porosity on the base of the cast aluminium crankcase. The bike was rotated to move the oil away from the porosity.

The porosity was then blasted at full airline pressure to remove the residue oil, followed immediately with application of X-Seal Acrylic-120C impregnation sealant using saturated cotton wool swabs held directly over the pinhole porosity to allow saturation to take place by capillary attraction.

Within an hour of the repair, the bike was road tested for 20 miles to ensure pressure and temperature build up in the crankcase resulted in no oil leakage.

Thanks to Knotts Motor Cycles of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, UK for permission to use this example

X-Seal saved several hundred pounds in repair bills

Cost of the Acrylic Toolkit 120C was £25.00 although only a few drops were consumed. Cost of dismantling and replacement crankcase would have been several hundred pounds.

Mending a leaking cast iron water manifold with Acrylic 120C

I had a very difficult decision to make over a problem with an old cast iron water manifold off a veteran car. It had well corroded and sufficiently fragile not to have taken kindly in accepting a tapered screwed fitting.

So I elected to have a parallel fitting made to screw in hand tight and sealing with Acrylic 120C rather than the traditional anaerobic thread locking sealant as the former is hydrophilic and will swell when in contact with water making a perfect seal.

After two seasons of rallying, the connection remains tight.

PDY. Lymington

This beautifully modelled sailing dinghy, crafted in silver down to the finest detail, was produced by a renowned national dinghy champion who wishes to remain anonymous.

X-seal Acrylic-120C was used successfully to glue the silver mainsail into a prepared slot in the mast and boom.

The artist said “It was the only adhesive that I found on the market that the resultant glue was not visible when dry. That was the primary reason for using it; all other glues I tried were visible upon completion”.

Porosity sealing on a fire engine with Acrylic 120C

The Royal College of Science (RCS) is one of the constituent colleges of Imperial College in South Kensington. For over 50 years the RCS students' union has maintained and operated through the RCS Motor Club Jezebel, a 1916 Dennis N-type fire engine.

Unusually, she's off the road at the moment while we rebuild the engine after bearings failed on our return from the Isle of Wight Steam Festival over the August bank holiday weekend. With the engine removed there was the opportunity to deal with a small leak from the back of one of the two blocks of two cylinders which comprise the 9.25-litre 4-cylinder 60hp White and Poppe engine.

X-Seal to the rescue!

After melting and filing solder from an area of three or four inches by two we uncovered an old repair by metal-stitching which pressure-testing showed to be sound except for three pinholes in the water-jacket. One of the Mechanical Engineering professors who runs a veteran car suggested using X-seal Acrylic 120C and gave us a small pack.

Sealing the pinhole leaks with X-Seal Acrylic 120C

We first tried dropping small quantities of the X-Seal resin into the pinholes but had only part success even when using a vacuum pump to draw in the resin, so we then created a dam around each pinhole using Blutack and made a puddle of X-Seal Acrylic 120C in each dam. Applied in this way, the product has sealed all the pinholes.

Antique rocking horse restored using X-seal

Treatment carried out Summer 2009. Restoration of Antique Rocking horse Circa 1920's and made up of carved wooden blocks that had become loose and one detached.

The horse was stripped of paint and without dismantling and securing the loose block in place, the structure was drip fed with X-Seal Acrylic 120C at the interface of the blocks. The application continued until such time that saturation had been achieved.

The horse is now back in circulation, being enjoyed by my grandchildren. See finished picture.

G Johnson. Lymington

Treating a collapsing wooden wheel on a 1911 Buick using X-Seal

It is over a year now since the wooden rear wheel on my 1911 Buick was impregnated with X-Seal. At the time of treatment, the wheel was near to collapse. Literally within minutes of application the wheel was absolutely firm.

It was put back on the car, and I have since driven it for hundreds of miles, it is as good now as the day that you repaired it.

Brian Caseley. Veteran Car Club Member

Repairing a leaking bathroom plug hole fitting with X-Seal

Five years ago a plumber fitted up a new sink in my bathroom but failed to bed it in with sealant. It was only after some time that the problem revealed itself when dampness was noted on the ceiling below.

Rather than dismantling the whole unit, I drip fed X-Seal Acrylic 120C around the fitting and it has remained sealed ever since. The application took just 5 minutes.

PDY. Lymington

Yacht deck plate with persistent leak fixed with X-Seal

A persistent leak through a shroud deck plate on a yacht had developed a gap of up to 5mm between the plate and deck.

Without dismantling and using the cotton packing supplied in the X-Seal application kit the gap was packed and then using the pipette the sealant was drip fed around the shroud base, allowing the product to penetrate and saturate the interface between the deck and the plate.

After one year's competition racing, the seal remained tight.

Nick Cox. Chandlers Stores, Lymington

X-Seal used for securing loose wooden wheel spokes on a 1904 Peugeot

I had all four seriously loose spoked wooden artillery wheels on my 1904 Peugeot impregnated with X-Seal self penetrating sealant.

Two years later and with many rallies and two LBVCRs under my belt, no single spoke has worked loose in this time.

I have no hesitation in recommending X-Seal for this application.

Tom Fussell. Veteran Car Club Member

Broken ceramic bird table mended with X-Seal impregnation sealant and catalyst

My ceramic bird table smashed to the ground and I painstakingly pieced it together, a section at a time before applying the Acrylic 120C sealant by drip feeding with a pipette, being careful not to touch the friable assembly.

Once cured, I then added a further section of broken pieces and again applied the sealant until the rebuild was complete. Within 24 hours, the reassembled bird table received its first coat of white enamel paint and is once again back in business feeding the wildlife.

M. Coombes. Lymington Hants

Swelling steel window frame stabilized with X-Seal impregnation sealant and catalyst

A round segmented window within the house dating back to the 1920s had decayed so much that had I removed it, it would have been destroyed. The depth of oxide was putting pressure onto the glass causing it to shatter.

With the minimum of preparation, X-Seal Acrylic 120C was drip fed onto the layers of encrusted metal in order to stabilise it. The area was then filled, rubbed down and painted. See pic before treatment.

PDY. Lymington

X-Seal injection process on wooden wheel of 1902 Lambert

It is now over two years since I had the X-Seal injection process on one wheel on my 1902 Lambert. The sealing process has been very successful.

The car has been driven in France, the Swiss Alps, and many other local rallies. I have no hesitation in recommending your process.

Rex Coxeter. Veteran Car Club Member

Cracked room stat dial repaired with X-Seal

My room stat plastic dial cracked and no longer engaged with the instrument shaft thus making the unit redundant. However rather than replacing the whole instrument, I decided to repair it with X-Seal Acrylic 120C Sealant.

I simply held the dial in a gloved hand, squeezing it shut whilst applying the sealant to the inside side to a depth of 5mm. It was held for approx 2 mins whilst it cured and successfully re-assembled to the thermostat after about 10 minutes.

PDY. Lymington Hants

Test Manifold constructed to test the sealability of X-Seal Acrylic 120C

To test the strength and sealability of X-Seal Acrylic 120C, we made up a manifold with 12 mm copper tubing and capillary fittings (see pic).

Apart from one compression fitting required for connection to the hydraulic pump, all the capillary fittings were drip fed with A120C and left to cure over a period of 6 hours. After which the manifold was filled with water and pressurised to 600 psi.

The manifold remained on test for 1 hour. Capillary fittings remained tight. The compression fitting commenced leaking at 200 psi.

NCE Ltd. Adlestone

X-seal used to seal cracked Talbot cast iron cylinder block

My Talbot 1904 twin cylinder cast iron engine cylinder block suffered constant leakage of coolant water from a series of cracks.

On advice from X-Seal the block was removed from the car and all openings to the water jacket were sealed off, except one which was attached to a vacuum pump. With pump on, the cracked area was warmed and then allowed to cool before applying cotton wool saturated with Acrylic 120C and covered with plastic film.

Block completely sealed and remained sealed after a typical season's motoring.

Dr Shaun Crofton. Ealing, London

Leaking Chimney waterproofed with X-Seal Acrylic-120C

The loft space in the property had suffered with rain penetration via the chimney into the loft space for some time. A local builder had been employed to renew the flashing around the chimney as well as repointing suspect areas without any noticeable improvement in damp penetration.

At times of heavy downpour it was sufficient to penetrate the ceiling of the room below.

The property owner found this website, and that resulted in the structure being sealed with Acrylic 120C impregnation sealant. Within days of the treatment and persistent inclement winter weather, the owner noted a progressive absence of rain ingress.

The application actually took two hours to complete. There was no mess, no scaffolding and no preparation needed other than for the structure to be dry. Anything of historical value is automatically preserved when impregnating with Acrylic-120C.

The lower picture is of the chimney some weeks later following the impregnation treatment. It is noticeably absent of dark shading towards the top of the chimney and this may be due to the presence of black mould that would have become asphyxiated by the sealant and washed away by rain.

The actual cost of treating this particular chimney was £485.00+VAT (January 2011). Cost of replacement of the chimney would have been 5 or 6 times the cost plus disturbances that follow with this type of work.

Update: over a year later (March 2012) the chimney remains water-tight, and the treatment appears to have effected a permanent cure.