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Post by aj on Feb 23, 2020 23:07:45 GMT
Is it better/eassier to use brass or copper olives in compression fittings? Many thanks
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 23:14:05 GMT
Copper compress easier but I find brass are better on Chrome pipe and radiator tails stuff like that
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Post by aj on Feb 23, 2020 23:22:26 GMT
pb when you use on chrome do you use ptfe or some sort of paste or just bare?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 23:28:23 GMT
pb when you use on chrome do you use ptfe or some sort of paste or just bare? Paste AJ  |
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Post by aj on Feb 23, 2020 23:29:40 GMT
Which one? whre on olive or thread or where
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 23:36:03 GMT
Which one? whre on olive or thread or where On the olive AJ, most compounds are good. Fernox hawk white, jet lube, tru blu, boss white etc |
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Post by aj on Feb 23, 2020 23:41:04 GMT
Thank you
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 23:42:57 GMT
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Post by crowsfoot on Feb 24, 2020 7:07:18 GMT
I always say that chrome fittings need that little extra turn more than brass ones do when tightening up.
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 24, 2020 7:43:39 GMT
I just Paste the Olive & tighten it up, brass or copper. Rarely have any problems. Once you’re above 28mm you really need to give compression fitting some welly - tighten them with big Stillies!!
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Post by cylinderfella on Feb 24, 2020 22:12:12 GMT
Great advice here:
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Post by clart on Feb 24, 2020 22:51:17 GMT
I PTFE my olives most of the time, sometimes if I have no PTFE or the pipe work is inaccessible then I won't bother.
Does that make me a cowboy? >.<
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Post by tomplum on Mar 1, 2020 20:41:41 GMT
cowboy is a term for people who don't know what they are doing, So I would say no, you are not a cowboy, you're just using another method, if it works, its good, I'm showing the way I was shown and i know it works, if your way leaks and you know it leaks but do nothing, that is cowboy,  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 2, 2020 7:38:31 GMT
Good tip for cylinders Tom
My mate tried to nip one up & oops. Didn’t rush out but it was dripping.
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Post by woodbine66 on Mar 2, 2020 11:59:14 GMT
PTFE on an olive is excusable. Sometimes it can help a compression joint seal. It's a method I would only use as a last resort, as I normally paste olives which is fine in 99.9% of cases.
But if I see PTFE on the compression nut thread, I know that a DIYer has been there before me.  |
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