The RIGHT Way to Apply Teflon Tape

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@leonidasking7502 Год назад

I like starting at the tip, and then working down the the base, and then back up to the tip, then base, and so on.

@NickBFTD Год назад

Disgusting.

@paulciley3727 Год назад

Better when a lady does it for ya tho

@Spookytooth92 Год назад

Up down up down. Make sure to use plenty of dope. Sometimes it will squirt out the end on you

@alexstoles1339 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣

@Titantitan001 Год назад

I bet you do, sicko

@Yourmomsfavoriteplumber Год назад

Thread savers aren’t tapered I know they will work in a pinch but thread savers are not couplings!!!!

@alexstoles1339 Год назад

Facts. I hate when i see people use them like they got free couplings from supply house🤣🤣

@sho-meaccountability2674 Год назад

It's one of my biggest pet peeves as a plumber! Thank you!

@ricklee827 Год назад

so many times I've seen plumbers or so-called plumbers use thread protectors as couplings and they leak I've come up with a way to repair that I cut the thread protector in half and install a union

@sho-meaccountability2674 Год назад

@@ricklee827 I have done that as well. Provided you have the room and movement to do so and can do it without marring the threads. That's tough sometimes. Best way to fix them is to tell people that work for me that it's grounds for firing! Its absolutely unacceptable and made clear far before they have a chance to do so.

@alexstoles1339 Год назад

@@ricklee827 yea its crazy to me. I dont know if some just dont know or if they think its a free coupling or what🤣

@gerrymcintosh4477 Год назад

Im not a professional plumber, but this is how I thought to do it, because working in the automotive industry, I was always particular to begin all threaded nuts properly, so seeing the first thread was always key. I really enjoy your videos Sir and I’m always telling others to view your channel. Wish you well, Roger. Cheers from 🇨🇦

@waynelake5072 Год назад

I installed a high pressure air line supply hose with stainless steel fittings. The instructions stated to use Teflon tape then apply liquid thread sealant. No leaks with 150 psi. I always use that same approach now any time I use Teflon tape.

@NETexasDude40 7 месяцев назад

I am a DOT gas pipeline inspector... I would fail you on any inspection because by requirements you are to ONLY follow the manufacturer PROCEDURE. Example is blue monster tape. It states DO NOT USE WITH PIPE SEALANT. Rector seal #5 states DO NOT USE WITH ANY Pipe TAPE. I have found thousands of leaks over my career and MOST of them are from plumbers NOT following the manufacturer procedures.

@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220 7 месяцев назад

Okay nerd

@shmelmafinga Год назад

That coupling looks like a thread protector. Its probably why you could screw it so far by hand.

@metou3072 7 месяцев назад

Thats not a coupling that he put on it...that is a thread protector used on pipes so threads dont get damaged during shipping

@jpcc815 Год назад

Sooooooo many people don't know to take with the thread. Tape the same was your spinning the fastener

@wintonhudelson2252 Год назад

Yes. We use tape and dope. We also leave the first thread bare, or you cut off a string to lodge into something downstream.

@kevinm7566 2 месяца назад

I’m just happy you had safety glasses on Roger. Thank Jesus 😂

@maintainplumbing Год назад

That's not a 3/4" coupling, it's a thread protector, thread protectors are not tapered that's why you were able to thread it almost all the way by hand

@rubenperez-bx3pl Год назад

Roger the dad I never had to teach me these things on the fly

@vampirepug3318 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Dad ❤

@09alvaha Год назад

Exactly! A lubricant, not a sealant, finally something I can get behind you on

@christopherscott8853 Год назад

I've seen a few good things here. He said here "however you were taught" and lots were taught differently. I'm hvac but was taught (and makes sense) that tapered threads do the seal. Tape OR dope protect the threads.

@VamooseRooter Год назад

“Something” please tell me something Roger’s said that troubles you or endangers the health of our nation?

@williammorris3303 7 месяцев назад

Currently we aren’t allowed to use tape on gas fittings where I work

@michaeldudas7584 3 месяца назад

Would you let this rube work on gas pipe!

@dsb227 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@RogerWakefield 4 месяца назад

You're welcome!

@valleyhomeinspectors3839 Год назад

Tape and dope!

@christopherscott8853 Год назад

Useless. I've seen guys do this 100 times on jobs.

@brenkrasmer 2 месяца назад

Home handyman here: did against the grain one time... Taught me one thing: get a pro to double check my work when I turn things on.

@MylindaElliott Год назад

Good information

@vivekshinde2177 10 месяцев назад

How much Temperature does teflon tape sustains

@matttremblay8225 4 месяца назад

Nice shipping coupling Richard those are just to keep the threads from getting damaged in the shipping process they leak like sivs

@RogerWakefield 4 месяца назад

Whose Richard? 👀

@yougetagoldstar 10 месяцев назад

Thats a clean looking application.

@RogerWakefield 10 месяцев назад

Appreciate it

@cubatogo2003 10 месяцев назад

Fitting should screw on 3 1/2 turns by hand…then a final tightening with a wrench. Stainless pipe we always used tape and some pecker snot on top…especially a water line. Also left first two threads bare as they don’t do the sealing anyways. Also no lead based snot on hydraulics…either tape or Teflon sealant….or both t&t.

@syreplays5079 8 месяцев назад

Start at the tip, leave the bottom two threads untaped, wrap up and leave a tail. Once the connections done, pull on the tail and it will be a clean cut at the hub of the fitting.

@RogerWakefield 8 месяцев назад

Great tip!

@vvsmixing 5 месяцев назад

hercules mega tape and blue block i’ve never had a joint leak

@Aquatic_Amigo 7 месяцев назад

What’s pop lube??

@aalvarezjr0827 10 месяцев назад

Put teflon and then liquid Teflon on top always tighten it up and You won’t see no leaks.

@JoeLiberalism 3 месяца назад

If you only have a couple threads to go after you hand tighten it, you got an issue with your threads

@nestummutsen5251 6 месяцев назад

Is 6 to 7 wraps excessive? I was taught just to wrap it about 3 times plus pipe dope

@vvsmixing 5 месяцев назад

read the tape

@vince6829 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Question: do you recommend using both pipe dope and yellow tape when working with black (gas) pipe?

@vvsmixing 5 месяцев назад

yes

@vince6829 5 месяцев назад

@@vvsmixing Thank you

@ivanbg5167 2 месяца назад

Can you use thin layer of pipe sealer then tape in the middle and lastly finish with thin pipe sealant?

@anthonydeluca4565 Год назад

You have to start at the base before you work the tip

@johnnyteague3407 Год назад

I had another plumber tell me that putting tape and pipe dope on gas lines makes it hard to find leaks in a pressure test.....I ain't never had a leak on lines but I have have brand new valves that leaked.

@codyrm86 Год назад

Glad im not the only giy that calls it pipe dope

@bravohomie Год назад

Pipe Goop? Like Gasoila?

@mariocuellar9060 6 месяцев назад

You're doin it the rite way,Roger!!!

@RogerWakefield 6 месяцев назад

I appreciate it, how many wraps do you do?

@mariocuellar9060 6 месяцев назад

@@RogerWakefield USUALLY,AT LEAST 3-4 WRAPS,NOT TOO MANY MORE THAN THAT!IF I PUT PIPE DOPE ON THE THREADS,THATS ALL THAT IT TAKES!ON GAS PIPE,I MITE PUT MORE,BUT THATS JUST ON GAS PIPE!

@torx25 6 месяцев назад

Tape and dope gang

@dennislinden3657 6 месяцев назад

That's gas. Pipe and dope. You will not have nightmares.

@danablanche6887 Год назад

Ugh that looked like a thread protector and not a coupling, it’s gonna thread on easy regardless of tape or dope because it isn’t tapered. I don’t know how many times I’ve have had to replace those because bone heads used em instead of couplings…

@shannon1872 Год назад

I seen videos of folks using tape...tape and dope but not just dope. Can you you use just dope instead of tape ?

@stemmentor9700 Год назад

Black iron pipe- i wouldn’t use the thiner teflon tape there. either dope it or use tape for gas - thicker and no issues. still don’t know where the dope and tape ideas started to come about. i leaned plumbing as a kid and even 20 years in Navy and NEVER doped and taped. Heck recall using lead oakum years ago in span for CI drains. vicious stuff. EPA would have a fit bit it worked great

@dustinpomeroy8817 Год назад

We use both on high pressure systems

@TS-yf2zf 6 месяцев назад

Somebody get Roger a fan. I think he's had a hard night or something 😂

@regesterw Год назад

Top !!! Ya ya!!!

@myiqisoffthechartsstupid6465 Год назад

Tape and dope,

@jackhoran4426 Год назад

Three wraps

@thomashesse4446 3 месяца назад

You guys were taught?

@vincenicasio628 Год назад

Thats not a coupling, thats why . That’s a thread protector.

@RogerWakefield Год назад

I mention that in the full video

@efraimmedina1675 8 месяцев назад

Merchant couplings are not code

@andrizzlerizzizles3772 Год назад

My old instructor taught me some pretty good you work with a Teflon tape you know that it's going to stop a water leak and the only way you can really actually tell that is if you stretch it out and arms length cross your chest and halfway through if it snaps it's a bad Teflon if you do it I mean you can't rip it, but if you really just slowly stretch it out and it's 3/4 or better you're on the right track fella

@ForkLiftCertified Год назад

I like to heavy duty mayonnaise for my threads.

@NavinJohnson_thethird 6 месяцев назад

My co-working expert always tells me that you need to only wrap tape one time and that any more is wasteful. Of course he is wrong.

@miles11we Год назад

Just looking through the comments for that one guy that swears that it really matters where you start your ptfe and in his 89 years of plumbing for nasa the only joints that leaked were the ones where he did it the "wrong" way

@kyleb3293 6 месяцев назад

Using that thread protector correctly! Pff...

@drrrrockzo Год назад

I like to use loc-tite 577 (i think that's the right number)...it's like tape and dope in a tube.

@beerbeforebreakfast Год назад

Loctite is the way to go but I use there Thread Sealant with Teflon 30561. That stuff is amazing. Only pipe dope I will buy.

@Sylvainhomeimprove 7 месяцев назад

Like the pope dope idea…back to Lowe’s 😅

@mikemeyers4016 7 месяцев назад

BLUEMONSTER tape ,no more tape and dope for me yahoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

@JADKJV Год назад

Double doping is the way

@josephdumic8788 10 месяцев назад

the threads are no good. 3 by hand , 3 with wrench and 3 threads showing

@johnjohn-ne8fw 10 месяцев назад

6 or 7 turns is a little excessive.

@TheVideoGameMob 10 месяцев назад

Pipe Dope?

@paulmacdonald7068 7 месяцев назад

Lmao, of course you could tighten it down easily. That's a thread protector with a running thread, not a coupling..

@jdf5247 2 месяца назад

Roger you made me break my hvac project I now disliked

@lootman7283 5 месяцев назад

You should know that that’s not a coupling lol

@KD-hi6hh Год назад

You know that's a T&C coupling right, not a fitting coupling.... Yes, you gotta know? 🙂

@RogerWakefield Год назад

Yes, I mention that in the full video

@KD-hi6hh Год назад

@@RogerWakefield Oh, my bad....Plumb on, lol

@justinthomas3253 Год назад

No no dope!

@EileenJoyHappy Год назад

Oh 😳

@bradbeck2601 Год назад

I do tape or dope on pipe thread, never both though.

@pirateprospecting707 Год назад

Thanks for teaching the youth ✅️😎

@jokerr2289 Год назад

You should make sure people know not to tape gas pipe.

@jakekennedy9161 Год назад

Why not?

@jokerr2289 Год назад

@@jakekennedy9161 because over time the tape can breakdown and cause a very dangerous gas leak.

@jakekennedy9161 Год назад

There is tape rated for gas pipe, personally speaking we do 1/2 - 1-1/4 black steel lines and tape and dope works fine,

@jokerr2289 Год назад

@@jakekennedy9161 what tape are you using. When I went through my apprenticeship, we were taught not to tape gas pipe for that reason. It's also just overkill. You can seal threaded pipe to hold a test by hand with some pipe dope (to lubricate, not seal). I've personally never heard of thread tape approved for gas line, but i wouldn't trust in anyway to be honest. A risk that doesn't need to be taken in my opinion. In Ohio, I've seen inspector look at thread tape and instantly fail a water heater inspection. They never asked if the tape was approved for gas lines.

@jakekennedy9161 Год назад

@@jokerr2289 blue monster dope n take on all my gas threads, overkill but I’d prefer overkill than taking a gamble. We get less than 1 psi of natural gas in these lines, dope and tape can hold over 100 psi. Local 130 apprentice from Chicago.

@JK-uf8jh Год назад

I tell my plumbers that a real plumber only needs one or the other but never both dope and tape.

@raycusimano2714 Год назад

It ain't rocket science people...

@MrMedicalUK 9 месяцев назад

In the UK on LCS we do about 16 wraps....usually 20 though

@edwardgarcia7176 6 месяцев назад

$100 bucks later with 7 rap

@upstateplumbing9995 Год назад

Thats a thread saver!!!! Not tapered!!! Need to tell people that!!!!

@ericbaker2514 Год назад

It won't sell if you bought them out both sides to each other that thread protector you you're not supposed to use as a fitting I believe you as a plumber know better than this I hope you're only fishing for dumb comments in the comment section

@dmills13F Год назад

Wakefield, every video of yours is now tainted by the fact that you don't know what a thread saver is.

@RogerWakefield Год назад

I mention it’s a thread saver in the main video😅

@nowheelspin Год назад

It's either tape or dope, if you're a plumber you'll know what to use, yellow tape is for gas white is for water

@cubatogo2003 10 месяцев назад

Pinky/orange for steam. It’s heavier tape…

@Manuelgtrrz Год назад

I like to apply a little pipe dope first then Teflon The dope helps the tape stick a little better

@jacobfrank561 7 месяцев назад

Pipe dope first....then 3 wraps for new threads......5 or 6 wraps for used threads...

@NewOrleansNick 6 месяцев назад

Wow are you really making shorts about putting teflon on lol. How about you show people how to change a 8” gate valve or butterfly valve and show people how to shut off hospital water systems …. Oh wait you’re a residential plumber my bad. You can leave the real plumbing to the big boys