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    Posted: 07 August 2005 at 8:22pm
I need to stop a leak in a gun, should I use teflon tape or loctite around the threads. How would I use teflon tape or what type of loctite should I use. Thanks for you help!
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Both do a good enough job, I personally think loctite is much easier.  Red could do fine, but if you ever plan to unscrew where ever it's leaking again, use blue, both work fine. 
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k, i would prolly have to use blue then, but exactly how do you use teflon tape, like do you put the sticky side on the thread,lol, i dont know
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I think Enos posted somewhere how to use it correctly..he said something like cut off 1-2 inches, fold in half long ways, and wrap tightly starting at the top of the threads.
I myself used to think loctite until I tried it and it ran like water all over the place and I realized that my High pressure air compressor in the garage uses nothing but teflon tape for all the connections, but who knows maybe I bought some old loctite??
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well do you fold the stick part together, when you fold it lengthwise? or fold it where the sticky stuff is on the outside, im confused,
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Quoted from Enos:

"Use teflon thread sealing tape to seal your hose fittings. I
prefer to tear off an inch and a half long piece, fold it in half
lengthwise, and then wrap it. Wrap CLOCKWISE around your fitting. And
try not to leave any tape hanging off the fitting, as it will tear off,
get blown up your air lines into your valve, and fulfill its purpose of
sealing something up. Except of course you dont WANT to seal the valve,
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Originally posted by joetheman89 joetheman89 wrote:

well do you fold the stick part together, when you fold it lengthwise? or fold it where the sticky stuff is on the outside, im confused,


Teflon tape has no sticky at all, its really smooth, thin plastic that fills the gaps in the threads
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ok, thank-you for your help
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Ack. ALWAYS use Teflon tape. Loctite is NOT a sealer! It will hold your threads in place (great until you want to take a part off) but it will NOT make a pneumatic seal.

Plus Teflon tape is super easy to use. No drying at all and if you screw up you can peel it off pretty quickly.
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