Lock-tite Vs. Teflon Tape

[hitech]

Re: Arts and Crafts for Paintballers....

Butterfingers, thanks for the lesson in teflon tape. I wasn't aware of anything other than the white stuff. I rarely have problems, but I'll have to give the "right" stuff a try. Is it usually available at "standard" hardware stores such as ACE? Thanks.

[lazyrider77]

i always use teflon tape because it seems like loctite is not for air tight seals, but rather for strength, for keeping things threaded. although, it seems like there are types of loctite that are for pneumatic use. i dunno.
but, i do know that when i recently got my 3k flatline back from being updated by AGD, it looked like they had uses teflon tape and loctite. maybe it was the pink teflon that butterfingers talked about, except that there was a glob of loctite hanging off the one gauge, like a little extra had sqirted out. i never heard of anyone using both. Anyone know if this is common practice? what are the advantages?

[Butterfingers]

hitech, yep your local hardware store should stock it. There are like 10 diffrent types at Home Depot or Lowes. The specialty types usually have some sort of labeling on them designating thier intended use.

[Predater]

be carefull with teflon tape it can get sucked in to the internals of the gun.

[PyRo]

Loctite Loctite Loctite
There are many differant types of loctite. The type (loctite 545) used on air lines is a phnumatic line sealant, not a threadlocker like the 271. The 545 can be removed without much force, while 271 needs to be heated.

[DC Nelson]

blue or red?

I personally use loctite because it's more convenient and neater, but the trick is that there are (like people have said) many types. In terms of the name-brand stuff, there's red loctite, which is permenant and hard as all-get-out to get off. I've sworn against ever using THAT stuff, but blue loctite is not permanent and has always worked for me. Just be sure to let the seal dry before gassing it up, and youre set.

[Dubstar112]

I use oxygen tape, the stuff they use on the 6k tanks and other really HP things..I just go to my grand parents scuba shop, take about a piece less thatn a half inch, just enough to make one wrap around the threads an wala