Some may not know you can wrap Teflon tape the wrong way. You should wrap it so that when the part is threaded in it wants to pull the tape into the tread, not try to unwrap it as you thread it in.
Some may not know you can wrap Teflon tape the wrong way. You should wrap it so that when the part is threaded in it wants to pull the tape into the tread, not try to unwrap it as you thread it in.
Treat yourself to something nice.
Teflon tape was already on hand
In reply to TurboFource :
Yeah, sometimes it's all you have. Knowing the direction to wrap and how many turns are good knowledge.
But if it's on hand, I prefer thread sealant. Although it tends to get on me, the wall, whatever I'm wearing, etc.
That stuff is like never seize in regards to getting everywhere!
In reply to TurboFource :
Very true, however at least I don't look like the tin man with thread sealant!
TurboFource said:That stuff is like never seize in regards to getting everywhere!
Pro tip. That thread sealant often has a twist type lid that, when you twist it closed, whatever sealant that's left in the dispenser squeezes out.
To use it, open the lid, squeeze it till you just see sealant, then twist it closed. That'll be just the right amount of sealant for the threads.
Pro tip:
Wrap your brake bleeder screws with Teflon tape and they will never get stuck.
At least not in my history anyway.
If there is a down side to this please let me know.
I always wrap Teflon tape exactly the same way. Hold the fitting in my left hand with threads pointing right, and wrap with my right hand away from me. Always. Exactly the same way. For over 40 years.
In reply to SV reX :
I've always wondered: Is there an ideal number of wraps for this stuff?
For tapered threads, it shouldn't matter, right?
I forgot...
I also hold the Teflon roll the same way... tape coming off the bottom of the roll toward me.
If you do it the opposite, the roll unrolls at the wrong speed and gets tangled.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I was taught enough rotations to begin to fill the valleys of the threads. That's a different number of wraps depending on the pipe diameter.
I put teflon tape on the threads of hole saw arbors to make them easier to take apart.
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