

| Subject: | Re: Aluminum to brass thread galling |
| From: | ralph meyermann |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:56:56 -0600 |
Working Maintenance at a food processing plant most all plumbing is stainless, stainles has a nasty habbit of galling, I use mostly the white loctite in the tube. It can get messy,does stay soft but firms up a little, be sure to wipe off excess!! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Jan 28, 2012 2:52 AM, "Max Wellhouse" <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net> wrote: When I worked as a natural gas pipeline grunt, Rectorseal(pretty sure it was #5) was all we ever used to seal the service pipe threads into the outside meter. I used to think that stuff was expensive, but ounce for ounce compared to Loctite, it is a great bargain. Like Permatex antisieze, one can will last a lifetime for most of us..... DM&FS At 12:05 AM 1/28/2012, Alistair Bell wrote: > > I seem to recall undoing some old connections and ...
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