The casing has a cutter, which is helpful because it means you can cut it off one handed, and its red in colour which helps when trying to find it after putting it down. Wind the fiber onto the pipe threads in the same direction of the thread helix starting from the end of the pipe.

Recommended for sealing metal and plastic tapered pipe threads and fittings up to 4" NPT (National Pipe Thread) for use in industrial applications in aqueous and non-aqueous fluids. Bought this after a recommendation from a YouTube channel on the best ways to ensure compression joints are totally sealed and he was using this stuff.LOCTITE 55 Pipe Cord is a general purpose, threaded pipe and fitting sealant which is wound from the dispensing packageonto the threads of the pipe. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Only downside is the little metal cutter blade fitted on the case keeps coming off, bit of a nuisance but the thread is 5 star.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Cut the required length off with the integrated cutting tool and smooth the loose end onto the pitches of the pipe thread. Let them help you identify product alternatives, source additional technical data and find answers to your technical questions.In the case of compression fittings, its a case of winding about 7 turns on the pipe below the olive (once the olive is in place from an initial tightening). one lesson as that its not necessary to have tape flat (how much time and frustration has been spent in the past! Ich habe den Artikel gebraucht, um eine Kupplung direkt am Druckluftbehälter meines Güde Druckluftkompressors dicht zu bekommen. Please complete the purchase (or remove the quote – don't worry it's still available in My Account) before adding these additional items.