Pipe lagging

[Garry ColesParticipant @garrycoles69390]

Hi, I want to lag some of the 3/16 copper pipe coming out of my stand alone boiler, and was wondering what sort of material you guys use. Any ideas please.

Thanks

Garry in SUNNY jersey !!

[Garry ColesParticipant @garrycoles69390]

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

I followed Keith Appleton's advice of string initially held in place with cycanoacrylate, then painted with white (or off-white) enamel. Seems ok.

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

My Steam boat boiler lagging was done by soaking soft string in plaster of Paris and winding it round the pipes. its been in place for over 15 years!.

[Garry ColesParticipant @garrycoles69390]

Thanks, have now got a few ideas on what to use.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Jon Lawes on 04/04/2022 19:30:25:

For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….

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We are only permitted a short window of time in which to perform edits.

I must ask though: What is ‘rogue’ about your apostrophe ?

MichaelG.

[Anthony KnightsParticipant @anthonyknights16741]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 05/04/2022 07:15:54:

Posted by Jon Lawes on 04/04/2022 19:30:25:

For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….

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We are only permitted a short window of time in which to perform edits.

I must ask though: What is ‘rogue’ about your apostrophe ?

MichaelG.

Comma not required between "boiler and". Also possibly full stop instead of comma after "Hi"

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

What relevance does that have to my question, Anthony ?

MichaelG.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Carry on. The world could use less grammar Nazis.

[Nigel BennettParticipant @nigelbennett69913]

Fewer grammar Nazis…. LOL

[Bill Davies 2Participant @billdavies2]

We're taking it all too seriously… I think Michael is referring to the (acceptable) apostrophe, whereas Anthony now refers to a comma (which, for me, also works well, as a pause). Michael loves his pedantry, and I enjoy it too.

Bill

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

I was having a brain fart. I was thinking I'd used it incorrectly as a contraction (as in "Keith Appleton is&quot but obviously it had been used correctly all along. I've no idea why my scant knowledge of grammar decided to desert me completely.

[John PurdyParticipant @johnpurdy78347]

Gary

I have used thick bucher's cord (cotton string about .070" in dia. ) wrapped around the pipe, ends held in place with a drop of CA glue, and painted with flat white acrylic paint. Looks quite prototypical. You can see it on my Clarkson's compound mill engine picture.

John

[Fowlers FuryParticipant @fowlersfury]

Before you fit the nut or flange on one end of the pipe, one way to lag is to buy white (sports) shoe laces of appropriate width. Cut off the aglets and pull the lace over the pipe. Bind the ends of the laces onto the pipe with a little brass wire. Always worth drinking a bottle or two of good Rioja just to get the brass wire : – )
The woven fabric looks OK but for more authentic "asbestos" effect, paint the length of shoe lace with a watery mix of Polyfilla.

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