Be sure to remember this plumbing tip and trick! Few people know this technique of using Teflon tape! #shorts #plumbing #diy #tips #tricks #tools #plumber #howto #homemade
@@user-dp8vy5bp1e Cinta adhesiva en un grifo??? Eso sí que suena cutre. Aquí en los grifos lo que se usa es teflón. Esa cinta está expresamente hecha para eso 😂 no la cinta aislante 😂😂😂
@@bunto7552 hey little kid.. clout isn't a real thing... this is a channel that instigates controversy in order to get views and comment interactions... clout is essentially cool points and this isn't cool points lil dude
@@gregscott4479 thats what i meant, this channel instigates cotroversy in order to get views and comment interactions, u said it urself, idk why u felt the need to attack me before and after making ur point
Overfilling the grooves leads to the bunching up of ripped strips that will result in a leak. The reason you wrap it thin is so that the corresponding attachment slices the tape evenly in the middle of the groove as it screws on, resulting in even padding of tape on both sides of the groove's channels.
yep. he isnt making the threads better, he is actually making threads inbetween the actual threads. Fittings are tapped and made to fit for a reason. I mean thats why threads have sizes.
This actually makes sense. Great explanation. If you twist and bunch it within the grooves it actually removes cushion and increases tension that can only tear and misfire on the utility of the tape.
Just use it like your tapings the threads. Don't need to roll it up like a string first. Put it on like your taping a wire. Sure there's a million videos
@@tattyrumble100no, you should absolutely wrap the tape in the same direction as the fitting will be screwed on. In this case clockwise. So the video was correct in that part. That twisting together between the threads first is garbage though.
DO NOT follow this advice. The guy wrapped the Teflon tape out past the threads. ALL experienced plumbers will tell you this is a NO. This allows pieces of the Teflon to break away and end up in your liquid or gas that flows through and can also clog up a filter or be consumed by a human. Totally ridiculous demonstration.
Yea this is taught against today, there's not only no need for it but more likely to be a problem. This is controversial anyway mist people will say tape and sealant for water, also that's a gas valve.. is this a gas pipe or water pipe. Either way I don't reccomend this.
He forgot to label this as a hack. Go the extra mile and also tag it as a challenge cause youngsters won't do anything unless it's a challenge or a hack. 😂
Teflon is made as a lubricant to threads to help it seal tighter and seals the gaps between the threads to be water tight. If you do this you could warp the pipe if its to tight. Thats the equivilant of like 6 wraps just in the threads. Good luck
@aircommuter wow dude you are seriously dumb, it's always funny when someone trys to be a smart ass about something they obviously know nothing about... I've got second hand embarrassment for you.
You probably don't use much threaded stainless pipe. I never saw this when I was building micro pilot plants for process research 45 years ago, but we used a pipe dope under the teflon tape called Silver Goop for high temperatures or Copper Goop for moderate temps. Otherwise ss would likely gall, sieze up,that, is it destroyed the threads and it may not make up tight enough to seal, much less allow one to breakdown the fittings to allow for clean out or inspection, catalyst change, etc. Today, If I were putting a high purity water treatment unit, like ion exchange, or RO water, I would use ss and this thread sealant method.
Not a plumber but I’ve been on a million job sites, never have I seen this in the field. What are the manufacturers instructions, those are always the most optimal way to use any product.
@@omeganexus5449 so first off you hold the Teflon roll the opposite way as it unrolls so you flip it around,, also you cannot roll it in between the threads it's meant to go over the threats and when you tighten the fitting it will automatically squeeze between the creases and that's how it gets gas or fluid tight
@@larrytischler570 what’s “high” pressure to you? Just curious - cause when customers wanna be cheap we usually use Teflon tape for leaking caps on AC units and those pressures can be well above 300- 400psi especially with a dirty condenser
@@lestalkmorebasss the problem needing a superior solution is not so much pressure as it is the piping material. I specified threaded stainless meaning stainless steel, ss for short. Stainless is is shown in the video, not mild or carbon steel. Stainless is extremely hard due to the high chromium content usually and 18 to 20 percent. Chromium is so hard because it acts like a non-metal. Two pieces of threaded stainless pipe are very difficult to make up tight enough to hold even 60 psi with only normally wrapped teflon tape. One has to really get down on the fitting and bottom out those threads. And they don't give like regular steel they grab and size up b4 you can bottom out the threads. And they leak, unless you can provide lubriscity with soft metal filled pipedope under the tape; or it looks like with the twisted teflon used here. I was using up to 1000 psig of mostly hydrogen and heating it to several hundred degrees ultimately. But getting a cold nitrogen moderate pressure check was always a first. Remember this if you ever have to make up any high alloy threaded fittings. My son does this all the time as an analytical instrument tech ina refinery.
@@Kisamon most likely he is talking about incorrect installation where people install the tape hanging over the edge witch can then somewhat block the pipe and also have it get into the system.
But then how are you gonna get the interaction from people telling you how to do it correctly? Algorithm loves when people comment.. but of course, we're still gonna do it in case some poor fool believes that the person in the video actually knows what theyre doing😂
Keep the tape one thread back from the end because that part on the tip will shear off and cause problems with valves and pressure regulators in the system. I have removed many pieces of teflon tape from hydraulic valves, regulators and flow controls.
The maker of the video liked your comment but yet he’s showing and telling up to put it at the far end in the video. This dude is brain dead obviously. Won’t take advice from this channel no more
@IAmTheD Because you ate tightening across the valve body. When tightening a valve, you apply pressure at the point of connection. Going across valve damages valve body. Distortion of the valve body damages internals, causing valves to fail in the future if not immediately damaging during the installation breaking valve in half.
And this stupidity is exactly why my shower head thread broke off inside the wall piece when I went to replace it smfh 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️. Such an annoying expirerence
Thread is symmetrical, winding just in the valleys of the pipe doesn't do the same for the valleys in the fitting. PTFE tape is meant to be used in the way this knob says you shouldn't. Millions of plumbers and billions of pipe fittings are proof.
@@user-yp4pf4cm6ehey I speak in English but you can just google translate if you need to. Pretty much it's just unnecessary and just wrapping the thread with the tape like he did in the beginning is good enough. These "work hacks" are 99% of the time useless and are just done to generate views on their videos which generates them money.
This thinking implies that the thread valleys are some kind of special void that needs to be filled. The male thread valleys mate with the female thread peaks, and the male thread peaks mate with the female thread valleys. There is no large void in threads that needs to be filled. Most importantly, the thread faces are where most of the sealing takes place! Not only is this person not a professional plumber, he doesn't even know how threads in general operate!
AMERICAN PIPE THREADS ARE 60°< ....EXTREME HIGH PRESSURE (HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS) WILL LEAK SPIRALLY ALONG THREAD PEAKS ..... ....BRITISH THREADS are 50°< !!!! I do not know how this affects sealing
What I find interesting, that when I started working on plumbing, you didn't need teflon tape if you seated the connection correctly. Now they say use teflon tape and pipedope or it will leak. To me that talk of the crap manufacture more than skill set.
@@bojanglesobrien6883 You can go to South Lake Tahoe and see many of the homes and businesses we built over 50 years ago, with much of our work still untouched, and valued in the Millions. Our work has stood the test of time. And for gas line you always used pipe dope. Over 75 percent of gas leaks are from connections not main lines. So the stove or heater connection, not the main line connection. And it still happens today in pisspoor built million dollar homes.
@@penguin6304 But also gives a track for the liquefied gas to travel and leak. For lubrication you would be better off using a graphite silicone. Don't get me wrong, it has many uses in low pressure plumbing drains and such, but anything over 15 lbs it fails way too often; usually because it puskers or is too loose. My Uncle, a Master Builder, who taught me, always relied on a matched set of chamfered tap and dies and threaded his pipe connections himself for a true fit. He was not a fan of mass manufactured pipe fittings. I would hear "make speed slowly, do it right do it once, if you don't have the time to do it right the first time what would make you think you have the time to do it again... with a much more colorful vocabulary. And always end with I don't pay for F-ups or mistakes....
My understanding was that Teflon tape isn’t actually supposed to complete the seal, rather act as a “lubricant” to allow the joint to be tightened enough to seal… but what do I know…
I mean Teflon tape is used for sealing pipe threads. But I've also heard of what you're saying. But in that instance it had been like a red or green coating already present on the threads. So like maybe the threads when they are right enough act like a JIC fitting? But if that was the case then why use the tape at all? Something doesn't add up..
Yes indeed. Some very nasty accidents have happened in the oil & gas industry where PTFE tape was used for the seal rather than as lubricant. Hydrocarbons destroyed PTFE over timed, fitting failed, people died.
@@orphansock8439Like with domestic plumbing, would a type of olive be used then? From what I understand, it's the crushing of the olive that actually makes the seal.
This has 27k likes. Really shows how people are easily fooled by the "RU-vid tutorials" meta and how generally uneducated people are about things. Its incredibly sad how thats exploited for profit or that the person who made the video does this themselves and are now spreading it
Yep. Tightening it the way in this video is a surefire way to crack the valve body or warp the valve opening, if you try to go Incredible Hulk while tightening it.
I use a 1/2 inch copper pipe brush and rub it on the thread going around one or two times then l can pull it off with my fingers. I get the old Teflon off in seconds.
You never need to apply the nylon to the first thread leaving it bare prevents the teflon from entering the inside of the pipe diameter and restrict the flow and wrap it in a clockwise direction
Doesn’t every real plumber know that teflon tape is used to lubricant the threads and not the groves 🤷🏽♂️… looks like a lot of extra work for nothing🤦♂️
My teacher is a legend of a plumber in alberta Canada. If you need this to make a seal you did something wrong. It might in certain applications and yes it says sealant on packaging but it's actually there as a lubricant to help you thread in deeper. And if you're a plumber, you should know this by now. I take advice from red seal plumbers, not anyone else.
Man the comments are polarised, at least he was winding tape on the correct direction whilst holding the roll of tape correctly to allow it to unroll as its unwound from one and wound on the other, i'd say that is a win in my books !!!
