When it comes to any type of pipe or tubing connections, I've
generally preferred [the right] tape over compound from a tube for several
reasons. It's not as messy, it stays where I put it, doesn't smear or run,
doesn't care about gravity when I'm working overhead, easy to remove if I need
to start over, and I can tell if I've put on the correct amount even in bad
light. Also the tape doesn't go bad after opening if it sits for months
between uses (I hope).
I'm certainly open to correction if Loctite's tube compounds
turn out to be superior to tape especially for the high pressure
connections.
JT
In a message dated 5/22/2012 8:26:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
jonw@psubs.org writes:
Just
to be clear, you are talking about HP air for blowing ballast and not your
O2 lines, correct? If so, my choice would be teflon tape. The
loctite 567 is going to seal and "lock" the fittings which is overkill
for tapered threads. Fitted correctly, tapered threads are not going
to come apart unintentionally. However, it sounds like either
product will work for the application and they likely only reference both
to provide a choice.
Jon
On 5/22/2012 8:22 AM, James
Frankland wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I was all set to use thread
seal (Loctite 567) as thats what it says > in the instructions and
thats what i always thought was correct for > taper threads.
Where the seal is made on the thread. But confusingly > the same
instructions also say to seal the same type of joint with > ptfe, hence
my question. I'll do a bit more googling and maybe come > up with
something. > > Regards >
James >
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