What are people using to wrap steam heat lines these days? Looking for use under car and inside of a baggage car (a public area).

Smokebox

On an engine I worked on a number of years ago we used a material in the cab very much like header wrap. A similar product is found in McMaster-Carr on page 3307 (type page number into search box). They have a number of thickness (1/32, 1/16, and 1/8") and widths (1, 2, 3"). Use a thin wire wound in the opposite direction to keep it in place. I think the engine I work on now (in my very limited spare time) has a rope material on some of the pipes.

Hope this helps.

Ray

Another source is:
American Seal & Packing
10661 Ellis Ave. Suite E
Fountain Valley, Ca. 92708
Phone: 714-593-9780
Fax: 714-593-9701
website: www.Sealsales.com

- woven fiberglass tape (for spiral-wound pipe insulation)
- drop-warp woven fiberglass tape (bolt-hole gasket tape)

They're available with or without PSA (pressure-sensitive adhesive).
- Doug Debs