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.