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Water Sealant Advice

tdexxx

By tdexxx
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Hello All, one of my sign service customers owns an older shopping center which was build with an approximately eight inch wide steel inset channel over the storefronts into which each store's channel letter sign raceway is installed. (I don't know what that open channel is called, but what a PITA servicing such a sign can be when an awning is installed right below the channel).

Anyway, in this particular case the upper lip of the steel channel has pulled away from the wall's brickwork creating a long horizontal open slot through which rainwater running down the exterior wall sneaks into the interior of the building, drips down behind the interior walls and puddles on the floor inside the stores.

I have been asked to try and fix this problem and I'm thinking that the best way will be to seal the open slot closed with some kind of caulk, but I'm wondering what would be the best sealer. The slot's "ceiling" is the brickwork and deteriorated mortar and the "floor" is the steel of the inset channel which in parts if flaking with rust. The slot is about 0.25", and an awning is installed below the channel making access from my bucket truck too difficult to consider cleaning all but the most accessible loose material out of the slot..

So what would be the best sealer to use? The seal will be visible.

Tom

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