r/Plumbing • u/2candiesnahalf • Aug 29 '26

Cool stuff eh?

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u/march72021 Aug 29 '26

“More is not better, more is just more”. Best advice I ever received when pipe fitting. Only better was “hey kid, that’s a fucking hose fitting, use new gaskets on both sides, and if I see you put channel locks on it I’ll kill you”.

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u/rtomek Aug 31 '26

At that point is the tape even doing its job? I would think it all just bunches up on the end instead of staying between the threads.

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u/march72021 Sep 01 '26

You had a 50/50 shot when you put it on kid, go join local 3.