Liquid Metal Epoxy Coating

£35.40£195.11 inc. Vat

Versatile metal-filled epoxy coating for protecting pipes from corrosion, creating load-transfer layers, and a range of other maintenance tasks

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Description

Liquid Metal is a metal-filled, epoxy compound which is brush applied to provide a protective coating to steel, other metals and most plastics from chemical attacks and corrosion.

When coated onto pipes and machinery, it sets to provide a smooth, metallic, hard-wearing outer surface which acts as a shield against external corrosion and chemicals. Liquid Metal also protects from internal corrosion by creating an impermeable membrane around pipework and systems, capable of withstanding future breaches from inside.

Coating a pipe with Liquid Metal Epoxy increases the effectiveness of the protective shell provided by a SylWrap Composite Wrap. The epoxy coating maximises surface contact area between the pipe and the composite wrap and increases adhesions.

Liquid Metal can also be used as an adhesive for re-gritting floors and other surfaces, pouring into moulds to create metal casts, and for the maintenance and repair of tanks, pumps, valves, flanges, engines, and impellers.

With a 90 minute gel time, Liquid Metal can be mixed in larger quantities without the worry that it will cure before completion. Sylmasta recommend the use of Liquid Metal to clients in warmer climates because of this longer work time.

How to use Liquid Metal as an epoxy coating for repair and maintenance

Before applying Liquid Metal, surfaces should be free of paint, rust and grime before being roughened up through either grit blasting or grinding with a coarse wheel or abrasive disk pad. Full instructions detailing the preparation process can be found on the Technical Data Sheet and are provided with the product.

Liquid Metal should be applied as soon as the preparation procedure is completed. To ease the mixing process, the resin container has enough room to dispense all the hardener into the resin, so that it can be applied with a brush straight from the container.

The epoxy is brush applied and each coating should be 0.5-1.00mm thick. To ensure a pinhole-free coating, at least two coats are needed. The re-coating time between coats is approximately 5-8 hours after applying. A full functional cure is achieved 24 hours after the final coat.

When overwrapping with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage or another composite repair wrap in pipe repair applications, the wrap should be applied once the layer of Liquid Metal has gelled but remains tacky.

The light consistency of Liquid Metal makes it easy to mix and apply with little sag. It is virtually odourless, with no unpleasant smell, can be easily machined and is temperature resistant to 150°C.

For protecting pipework and machinery subjected to extreme temperatures in excess of 150°C, please see Titanium Supergrade HT Epoxy Paste.

Liquid Metal is not effective underwater. For corrosion protection of pipes in marine and underwater environments, Sylmasta recommend the use of SylWrap CR Corrosion Protection Wrap. SylWrap CR is a specialist composite repair wrap infused with additional corrosion inhibitors which is applied directly to pipes underwater.

To determine the quantity of Liquid Metal needed for a specific pipe repair application, please go to the Repair Calculator Tab and enter your repair data.

Benefits of Liquid Metal

  • Easily mixed and applied – just paint onto a surface using a brush
  • Increases protection against corrosion and chemicals
  • Longer working time allows for complex jobs to be carried out
  • Can be easily machined

Applications

  • Protection of metal and plastic pipes from chemical attack and external corrosion
  • Forming an impermeable membrane to prevent breaches caused by internal corrosion
  • Maximising surface contact to composite repair wrap
  • Repair and maintenance of pumps, impellers, flanges, water box ends, valves, metal casting, pipe elbows, tanks
  • Can be poured into a mould to create metal casts
  • Bonding grit to floors and machinery to provide non-slip and non-stick surfaces
  • Increases corrosion resistance of metalwork when painted on as a protective coating
  • Chocking, filling and levelling machinery and equipment

Repair Calculator

The below calculator can be used to determine the quantity of Liquid Metal needed to coat a damaged section of pipework. Enter the diameter of the pipe in millimetres, the length of the repair area and the coating thickness of Liquid Metal to be applied.

Once you have entered your data, press calculate and the number of kilograms of epoxy coating required will be shown.

Case Studies

A ductile pipe system in an underground pumping station undergoes corrosion protection measures
Corrosion protection measures are made to a ductile pipe system including three outlets and six flanges in an underground pumping station operated by a UK water company
Liquid Metal Epoxy Coating used in the repair of a corroded shared water supply pipe
Four cottages in a terrace of eight repair their respective sections of a leaking and corroded 48 metre long shared water supply pipe attached to the back wall of the properties
The wastewater holding tank of a luxury toilet trailer undergoes repair and refurbishment
Wastewater holding tanks underneath two luxury portable toilet trailers undergo repair and strengthening after heavy corrosion weakened and breached the metalwork
A heavily corroded steel pipe in a CHP system carrying natural gas undergoes repair with the Sylmasta Pipe Refurbishment System
A pipe carrying natural gas in a combined heat and power system is refurbished after water trapped between the line and a badly installed PVC tape caused heavy corrosion
A pipe stub undergoes encapsulation at a landfill site in Cardiff after capping
A landfill site in Wales encapsulates a pipe stub and flange plate after capping to ensure a decommissioned drainage system could not release toxic leachate into the environment
The Puerto Rico Power Authority uses Liquid Metal Epoxy Coating to help create ant slip surfaces on helicopter skids
The Puerto Rico Power Authority create permanent anti slip surfaces for the legs of helicopters in their fleet on which workers stand during repair and maintenance of equipment
The repair and refurbishment of a pipe bridge crossing the Rhonda River made using the Sylmasta Pipe Refurbishment System
A dilapidated, corrosion-covered 300mm steel pipe crossing a 20 metre bridge over the Rhonda River is repaired and refurbished at a fraction of the cost of replacement
An anti slip flooring surface created using Liquid Metal Epoxy Coating and silicone carbide grit at an industrial plant in Chile
12 different areas of an industrial plant operated by PepsiCo in Chile are given new anti slip surfaces in a cost effective application using Liquid Metal and silicone carbide grit
Reinforcement of 22 degree elbows on cast iron water mains carried out by Sylmasta
An elbow joint blow out alerted a water company that mains in their valve chamber were below spec, with Sylmasta reinforcing the pipes to prevent similar incidents happening in future

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Data Sheets
Liquid Metal Epoxy Coating TDS