"Teflon tape"? It's not what you may think.

[threedogs]

There was a red paste like RTV they used in plumbing
but for some reason they stopped making it, years ago now

[NP99]

I think the yanks use a yellow tape for petroleum based needs.

[threedogs]

That may be the gas one ,that's a yellow colour
Blue rings a bell too

[NP99]

You're probably right John, liquid/paste would be a preferred option over any tape in a petroleum environment.

[threedogs]

we used to do some servo tank installations and from memory
it was only the red RTV style paste, used, a while ago now though

[nissannewby]

I find the pastes are alright but dont work well when either a) its a big coarse thread b) when you cant clean it totally free of oil. Tape works better when trying to seal and oil soaked thread.

My opinion of course.

Yeah I half agree. I work in hydraulics and we still use tape quite a bit. We also have high quality cleaners to make sure our threads are prepped for use. We use the past on threads 2-3" in diameter with no problems.

[Dales300exc]

Yeh. A lot of stuff I do with hydraulics we dont have the option of a clean oil free thread

[mudnut]

My young bloke laughed when he saw this thread. He reckons that at last, something has stuck to Teflon; the tape's name.

[NP99]

My young bloke laughed when he saw this thread. He reckons that at last, something has stuck to Teflon; the tape's name.

Mate, that's a great URL lock the gate. I enjoyed the info there.

[Robo]

white is for ? ----- water plumbing.
blue is for ?
yellow is for? ----- gas plumbing and types!.
red was for ?
any other colours?

can't ,shouldn't use specific colour tapes for ? and why?
I heard white reacts with some gasses!. so don't use it for that purpose?.


pastes
types ?
are for?. or maybe this is for another thread.
many a handy-person here, really useful info for the masses.
if someone can give us the good oil we can all do things as it should be done.