Boss White v. PTFE ...or nothing!

[Whyme]

Bring back Stag i say.

 

[Best]

It has just occurred to me, one good reason flax was used years ago with little thought of the trouble it would be to remove the fittings in the future, was that everything in plumbing lasted a lifetime - literally! A copper cylinder had a typical life of well over 40 years easily & taps much the same.
Bathroom suites, oil boilers etc, all built to last.
An apprentice, I bet, could have retired later in life, still not getting a call back to some of his work he helped with when a lad, as it still was working as good as new.

 

[Best]

Bring back Stag i say.

No thanks! I hate having red fingers with that stuff! :smile:

 

[tom609]

jet blue from p/centre for me every joint

 

[AWheating]

if its on a heating system like a rad valve or a control i use a smear of paste due to the fact the temps are alot higher, if its a compression fitting i cant easily get to/ a spanner on i may wrap the olive if its a value fitting but normally on hot and cold i dont put anything on.

i never put paste on ptfe tape or any plastics are it can react to the plastics compound.

sometimes i use tru blue instead of paste.

 

[MarkAqua]

if you dont use jet white/ boss universal on an olive your asking for trouble. New, old, black or white I dont care, paste that olive mother lickers

 

[The Goose]

Jet blue for me on every fitting. New old etc works a treat and years later comes apart no problem.
Also good on hot, cold, gas, potable. And most importantly won't ruin a carpet if you knock it over😛unk: