At 05:22 PM 8/16/01 -0700, Keith Kaplan wrote:
>
>Basic plumbing question -- what are the relative advantages of pipe dope
>versus Teflon tape? Is one good for water and the other for natural
>gas, or maybe one for PVC and one for black pipe? What would be best
>for compressed air lines? I've always used tape for the nipples on air
>tools and hoses, but is dope better? Is dope cheaper but tape is less
>messy? Everywhere I've read seems to refer to them as if they're
>interchangeable, but surely there's a difference.
Keith,
Sounds like you answered your own question:
"Dope is cheaper but tape is less messy? " :)
Actually that's a good question. I'm waiting to hear the answer, as
I really don't know, but couldn't resist the comment.
John
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