Cast iron rad tails affixing

[Bogart]

I was assuming the word string was referring to Loctite 55.
Am about to start the jobs this morning.

 

[CHRISX]

I was assuming the word string was referring to Loctite 55.
Am about to start the jobs this morning.

Hello Bogart,

Loctite seem to have the market `tied up` [excuse the unintended pun] with Loctite 55 now.

I have no idea who manufactured the `Joint reinforcing cord` that I mentioned in a previous message to You in the 1960`s & 1970`s or since / before Loctite 55 became available.

Just like Yarn and Hemp it just came with no manufacturers identification that I can remember from the Plumbers Merchant.

Hemp is also available in dispensers which allow a `strand` to be pulled out which is good for use on large bore threaded joints - it just saves having to pull strands of Hemp off the `Hank` [`Hank of Hemp`].

Good Luck with the Radiator tails.

Chris

 

[Bogart]

Have tried Boss White with hemp and Loctite 55 both have made a good seal. I like the idea of Boss White with cast iron rads, like what it used to be! Think I will use Loctite55 on any other rad as I think is better than ptfe. One point I did note was that both of them seem to slip the thread a bit and bunch up but sealed so what?

 

[rpm]

Sounds like you may have applied the products to the thread in the wrong rotation.

 

[Bogart]

Nope correct direction. Maybe I am just putting too much on the thread

 

[rpm]

Nope correct direction. Maybe I am just putting too much on the thread

Depends on what you mean by bunch up then I guess. Applied in the correct rotation the chosen product is compressed into the thread and any sealant is pushed outwards.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Cross hatch the threads with a hack saw blade not too deep .5mm

 

[Bogart]

I have marked the threads as shown on various videos including one from Loctite . Attached are 2 photos first one is of Loctite55 second one is Boss White and hemp.

 

[rpm]

Look I appreciate that you are diy however both are a mess and I'm not convinced that the products used were applied in the correct rotation.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

loctite one is spot on

hemp looks to be a bit too much paste but doesnt matter

to clean them up carefully go round the thread as close to the rad as possible and cut the excess off with a hacksaw blade

 

[rpm]

loctite one is spot on

hemp looks to be a bit too much paste but doesnt matter

to clean them up carefully go round the thread as close to the rad as possible and cut the excess off with a hacksaw blade

Are you serious Shaun, would you be happy to put your name on the ptfe joint?

 

[Bogart]

Look I appreciate that you are diy however both are a mess and I'm not convinced that the products used were applied in the correct rotation.

Well I do know my clockwise from my anticlockwise. A mess? If I exhibited them at the Tate Modern would be worth a fortune.

 

[Bogart]

loctite one is spot on

hemp looks to be a bit too much paste but doesnt matter

to clean them up carefully go round the thread as close to the rad as possible and cut the excess off with a hacksaw blade

I was going to trim them off with a stanley knife when they have been in use a while.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Are you serious Shaun, would you be happy to put your name on the ptfe joint?

yes as thats how boss white and hemp goes

will give you an idea but he doesnt use enough hemp for my liking

 

[rpm]

yes as thats how boss white and hemp goes

will give you an idea but he doesnt use enough hemp for my liking

Cheers but don`t need a leason, done 1/8 bsp to 10 or 12" pipe joints over the years, only on the bigger stuff in places like Battersea power station would they be acceptable.
PS I did say the ptfe joint.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Cheers but don`t need a leason, done 1/8 bsp to 10 or 12" pipe joints over the years, only on the bigger stuff in places like Battersea power station would they be acceptable.

you should know then, they need cleaning afterwards and then they look sweet as pie

 

[rpm]

You still saying the ptfe one is "Sweet as pie", how can somebody make a mess like that with a roll of tape is beyond me. And yes a little brass wire brush will make it sweet. 😉

 

[ShaunCorbs]

You still saying the ptfe one is "Sweet as pie", how can somebody make a mess like that with a roll of tape is beyond me. And yes a little brass wire brush will make it sweet. 😉

Because it's loctite 55 not tape

 

[rpm]

my error and true, still a ruddy mess, should only be one tail.

 

[Bogart]

Opened a bag of worms here🙂Might not be the neatest looking, at present but after trimming will be fine. Both types are holding at 5bar on test, did out of interest, as my system runs at 1 bar max I am happy they will be fine.