Teflon tape pipe threads like a pro! #plumbing #plumbinghacks

[danvondrasek]

Also make sure to do what he did at the end, and rub the tape a bit into the threads. It really does help make a nicer seal and helps it thread in easier

[cavanlouie]

I'll be starting as an apprentice sprinkler fitter in a couple weeks from now. I'm kind of nervous. Excited.

[writtenworlds]

Wow, that's actually useful knowledge. Thanks man!

[johnsteenland]

Absolutely nailed it! Correctly pulling from the bottom of the roll in the correct direction, showing proper tension.. i always tell my guys to run the tape on the fitting in the direction like your threading it into its junction. while looking at the end of the fitting/start of the threads wrapping the tape from bottom of the roll in clockwise direction so the tape tightens down in the direction threads are cut. always be sure to leave the first thread or two untaped so it doesnt end up in the junction if removed

[brokedude]

Straighten it out like string, count 2-3 threads back.
Place the stringed tape into the grooves, and fill 3 threads back.
Do m.h ot break the tape, instead flatten it out and wrap 2-3 layers towards the 1st thread....
This will bevel the tape and create a wedge against the water pressure from the female side

[lukebird]

I thought this was how everyone did it

[jasonschultz]

Use blus monster tape and your really on to something!!!

[maddoxinc]

You actually did ot properly. Two to three wraps max! I see "plumbers" put six or seven wraps on, so thick you cant see the threads. Then when they thread the fitting, all the tape gets puahed back. Teflon is a lubricant. Its meant to allow NPT threads to get tighter. If the threads leak, replace the fittings, not add more tape.

[frankpape]

Step one throw that tape away get something else