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alternative to plumers tape...

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alrighty, life took over, and i haven't worked on my external WC box in a week, hopefully this weekend, it will be complete or near complete... but if you followed my work log, you know I had a small leak, on the leak test, though i couldn't find it... becuase every connection was dry...

So I want to put some pipe dope, or sealant, etc, on the barbs becuase I just dont want to use plumbers tape.... i dont want any little pieces of tape getting lose in the system... i know its not likely, I just personally dont want to take the chance of using it...

So I am concerned about the plastic barb and acylic ressie.. i dont want the sealant to cause it to be weakened, etc...

So what do you guys use?

Any points in the right direction would be great!

Chris
 
I used loctite silicon sealant adhesive (number 595) on the ALL threads including the maze 4 and storm blocks.
make sure its proper silicon not some crapy white unknown stuff, it should be very sticky and difficult to remove when it hasnt dried and smell of vinegar. I did a 4 day leak test using this stuff and it was leak free even on the NPT fittings.

I would avoid resin's as thats meant to be permanant and also it doesnt flex.
 
plumbers goop is good stuff; it is made by the folks who make regular goop. Look at your local mega home store
 
mikehotel said:
plumbers goop is good stuff; it is made by the folks who make regular goop. Look at your local mega home store
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Hehehe... Not that you'd ever get it out after using a Goop product, but that's most thread sealers anyway. I'm having a hard time figuring out how a piece of Teflon tape could get lose in the system, though.
 
Ive done it.. not in a water cooling system, but on plumbing fixtures at home, if you wrap it wrong, or too thick, it can tear, and all it would take is a little piece to get caught to really impede a block.
 
same with the silicon apply it on the inside of the thread and also on the fitting but just enough to seal all the gaps. There will be some excess coming out when you screw it in but once dry it wont move from there. The great thing wit both of these is the 100% seal you achieve VS the tape which will have gaps no matter how good you apply it.
 
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