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Will try that tomorrow scott_d. Just seems like there's no room in the thread for the sealant though. Had 4 turns going in, packet says 15 needed. Couldn't tighten it with 2x 2' stilsons!
Which merchants stock loctite 577 chalked please? With a 3 hour cure time I'd like to try it tomorrow for attempt 2!
2" softened water feed to some massive loft tanks.
Tell you what it's like learning all over again, even though they are still compression fittings.
One positive from today - Yorkshire Xpress fittings are brilliant aren't they, made in seconds! I'm a convert.
Is it normal for the end of the pipe by the fitting to bend onwards very slightly? Nothing leaked but I'm guessing it will do as it's basically a big pneumatic press
I would just rub the blade from top to bottom of the thread and you will get a pretty nice rough thread which is great for loctite or any other product like horeses hair I guess that's what you guys call it here.I think I might have been a doughnut and roughed up the grooves of the thread. I get the impression you're supposed to run the saw across the threads rather than along the grooves??
Anything better than a saw blade to rough them up? That will take forever on a 2" thread!
Yes, there's one just out of shot on the rider (right hand side) that's all.
Fair one re aesthetics!
All but the unions were prefabricated off site so glue had a week to dry.
Both union connections got 22 hours before pressure put through it. To be fair nothing coming out at all and we were there tidying up for 45 mins afterwards.
Couldn't do 24hrs for operational reasons but to be fair glue was solid by 22, nice warm plant room to accelerate chemical reaction.
Oh ok. Would it have saved any joints?
One thing I noticed today is 54mm conpression fittings seem a bit prone to weeping when tightened up!
If you can use it, Boss white makes it a lot easier. Oil based!
Can't use it these days as non potable but it's bloody great still
Jet blue v2 I use like boss with slightly more solid but still workable
No, I wouldn't use it on Potable Water. Never used it for that.
That's why I said "if you can".
One positive from today - Yorkshire Xpress fittings are brilliant aren't they, made in seconds! I'm a convert.
fwiw - to my untrained eye - thats almost a work of art
How do you get them off again? Or cant you?
not designed to be removable then like some? good to knowYes and no really you can't but if your careful with a grinder you can
Yes not supposed to be removable but then if they are as reliable as they were when we installed them can't see you needing to. All joints go together in seconds perfectly. When guns become more affordable I can see them taking off big style. So much less time/hassle than soldering.
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