1500 Seal Oakum
Dry Fiber Oakum for Leak-Seal Water Stop Foam
'Oakum Soakum Technique'
SealBoss Seal Oakum Applications
- For Use With SealBoss Hydro Active PU Water Stop Foam Injection Grouts – ‘Oakum Soakum’ Technique
- Stop Water Infiltration Through Larger Openings, Cracks, And Voids
- Create Or Use In Combination With Joint
- Gaskets In Sewer And Storm Drain Lines, Ducts
- Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Reservoirs and Water Tanks
- Pipelines, Duct Works
- Service Manholes
- Tunnels and Underground Cable
- Trenches
- Industrial Buildings, Power Plants
- Commercial and Public Utility Buildings
Product Description
SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum is a tar free (dry oakum), strong, jute based material designed to soak up SealBoss Water Stop Foam products and injection grouts, while keeping products in place to create a barrier in larger openings of active water infiltration.
Installation Guidelines
Submerge SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum into activated foam resin. When removing from container, wipe off excess material. If necessary, wet joints or voids with water to prime surface for saturated SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum. To seal minor leaks, dip saturated SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum into water to start reaction – Oakum Soakum Technique. Place saturated SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum in the joint or void. You may spray visible saturated SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum surface with water to speed up the cure process. Cut excess from surface of joint after cure. To achieve most satisfying and permanent results in certain applications, a combination of SealBoss 1500 Water Stop Foam with other systems of our product line may be advised. Ask your SealBoss technician for details. The product is for professional use.
For Best Results Soak the Oakum – Oakum Soakum
Seal Oakum is an untreated, strong, dry and oil free jute based fiber capable of absorbing copious amounts of SealBoss ® chemical grouts. Resin impregnated Seal Oakum reacts with water and expands to form a dense and flexible seal. It offers major benefits for many leak sealing jobs by keeping injection resin in place prior to cure and thus creating a barrier to prevent active water infiltration in larger openings, cracks and joints.
How to Seal Gushing Leaks Cracks with Seal Oakum
Oakum is mainly used as a carrier medium for hydro active foam resins for use in wide openings to seal leaks. It is used to slow down massive water flow to permit the injection foam to cure. For this application Seal Oakum is soaked in SealBoss foam grout leak-seal resin and the saturated product packed into actively leaking cracks and joints as a compression seal. ‘Oakum Soakum’ is an industry known term for the technique. Prior to use inspect area for loose concrete and remove any contamination to prepare for insertion of the fiber into the desired location.
Can I use dry Seal Oakum?
Seal Oakum also works well dry when driven into cracks as a temporary seal to allow injected resin time to cure without washing out. Used dry, oakum fibers can be packed into wider cracks and joints to retain injected SealBoss polyurethane resin.
Sealing Pipe Penetrations with Seal Oakum
To seal pipe penetrations, resin saturated oakum can be sprayed with water or dropped into a pail of water to start the activation process. The reactive oakum is now packed into joints and around leaky pipe penetrations where it creates a watertight seal between the outside of the pipe and the wall of the structure.
Installation Guidelines
Submerge SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum into activated foam resin. When removing from container, wipe off excess material. If necessary, wet joints or voids with water to prime surface for saturated SealBoss 1500 Seal Oakum.
To seal minor leaks, dip saturated SealBoss Seal Oakum into water to start reaction.
Place saturated Seal Oakum in the joint or void. You may also spray saturated oakum surface with water to speed up the cure process. Cut excess product from substrate surface after cure.
