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    ALarkin Posts: 20, Reputation: 2
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    Feb 17, 2007, 01:29 PM
    Getting putty off pipe threads
    Hi all. Does anyone know of an easy way to get old plumbers putty off/out of pipe threads? I need to remove the locknut on a bathroom sink drainpipe, and the threads on the pipe are full of old, dry putty |:(

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    Feb 17, 2007, 02:10 PM
    I'm only guessing, but I usually just squirt penetrating oil at stuff like that.
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    Feb 17, 2007, 02:11 PM
    Wire brush the putty off the threads. Good luck, Tom
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