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    Mar 3, 2009, 07:00 PM
    Plumbing leak avoidance
    How do I ensure that a brass to brass plumbing fitting will not leak? We've tried teflon tape and it doesn't work.
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    Mar 3, 2009, 07:02 PM
    If you are working with COMPRESSION fittings that may be part of the problem itself... you should not use teflon on compression fittings. You should also not OVERTIGHTEN compression fittings... ;)

    Let us know more about these fittings... O.K. What are you joining?

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    Mar 3, 2009, 07:04 PM

    How many times did you wrap it and was it the right direction.

    You could have a bad thread(S) The male end is usually the culprit.


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    Mar 3, 2009, 07:05 PM

    You do not use any tape on a brass to brass fitting, if you are using tubing. If these are cast brass fitting then we can talk further.
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    Mar 3, 2009, 07:06 PM
    See, two of us think tubing and compression fittings and one of us is thinking cast brass. You need to gie more details.
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