Loctite 55

[rocketmanbkk]

Hi Friends

Received my free 12m sample if Loctite 55 today.

Has anyone used it? Any good? Worth buying?

Thanks

Rct

 

[Dannypipe]

Loctite 55 is great stuff. Never had a leak with it. I'll still keep my rolls of ptfe though!

 

[Ermintrude]

We use nothing but. 55. Ptfe is in the past

 

[rocketmanbkk]

I'll buy some then. It looks like teeth floss!! Just wrap it around and hey presto? Thanks all

 

[townfanjon]

its the 'dogs'

 

[Roger Welton]

Use it exclusively for water and gas, still have to keep ptfe for oil though.

 

[Dannypipe]

Yeah, just a few wraps and there you go. Apparently allows a quarter of back turn without leaking but if I have to back off a fitting I will always completely undo it and start again (as you would with ptfe) as for ptfe being in the past, I don't think that's necessarily true. It will always have a place in most plumbers vans. It's 20p a roll, and we all know that PTFE stands for:

Plumbers Tape For Everything.

 

[Killy Bing]

Yeah, just a few wraps and there you go. Apparently allows a quarter of back turn without leaking but if I have to back off a fitting I will always completely undo it and start again (as you would with ptfe) as for ptfe being in the past, I don't think that's necessarily true. It will always have a place in most plumbers vans. It's 20p a roll, and we all know that PTFE stands for:

Plumbers Tape For Everything.

Leaking o ring on an oil filter?

wrap in ptfe....

 

[Leo21]

Never used it, so can someone tell me all about it and how you use it please.

 

[Roger Welton]

its nylon 'string' with some sealant on it, use in same way as ptfe on threaded joints. It s very good.

 

[Leo21]

its nylon 'string' with some sealant on it, use in same way as ptfe on threaded joints. It s very good.

How much do you put in?

 

[Roger Welton]

it says on the tin, about 7-10 turns for 1/2" 15ish for 3/4" IIRC

 

[kozak1968]

Nice and tidy holder. Nothing worse than loads of ptfe strands in your tool bag as the roll gets crushed.

 

[GrahamM]

Never used it, so can someone tell me all about it and how you use it please.

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