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

[NP99]

Some trivia - Did you know?

• Teflon® isn’t a thing — it’s a brand! A world famous brand that’s owned by DuPont.
• The DuPont™ Teflon® brand identifies products that are made with DuPont raw material(s), like fluoropolymer or industrial coatings. Over time, the tape has been mistakenly referred to as "Teflon tape". We thought it was important to let you know that.
• If somebody offers to sell you “Teflon tape” when you need plumber tape (or thread seal tape), they are wrong, mistaken or — worse — trying to mislead you. To help you make an informed purchase, you should be aware that no plumber tape is authorized by DuPont to be sold as “Teflon tape”.
• DuPont has brought thousands of meaningful innovations to people for more than 200 years, including many Teflon® branded products for consumers. Plumber tape is not one of these innovations.
Teflon® is a registered trademark of DuPont.

[Paule]

It's ptfe tape isn't it?

[Bloodyaussie]

Dupont responsible for doing away with any natural fiber competition for the last 100 years......

[NP99]

Dupont responsible for doing away with any natural fiber competition for the last 100 years......

Including hemp. They pushed big the boogie man side of hemp. Wonder why? :)

[P4trol]

So dupont aren't going to hire Ms Corby for any product endorsements?

[macca]

Aside from naming or branding is plumbers tape different to what might be used on a oil line?
Are there specific uses for similar "looking" products?

[Crate]

There is a thread sealant that loctite sell, 267 from memory, high temp and oil proof. Thats what I use on oil lines and stuff macca.

[nissannewby]

There is a thread sealant that loctite sell, 267 from memory, high temp and oil proof. Thats what I use on oil lines and stuff macca.

567 and 572. Use these daily with work they are quite good.

[threedogs]

You can get cold/hot water tape that you can use with Mirror paste . general plumbing
You can also get gas tape which is thicker.
Years ago I asked a mate to get some Teflon tape and he asked if I'd cut him a blank cheque, lol
I then flicked him 50 cents and said get two rolls.
Its just what we have known it as.
Remember to scratch the thread to help the tape stay in place.

[Dales300exc]

567 and 572. Use these daily with work they are quite good.

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 an oil soaked thread.

My opinion of course.

[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.

[NP99]

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.

That info in a sticky would be good :)

[Avo]

That info in a sticky would be good :)

you want a sticky on tape...that's funny

[NP99]

Double sided would be good... :)