s or any of that shit though the assholes at the DIYs will try to tell you it is. Less diligent plumbers use it because it is less messy than pipe dop e.
For plumbing, a single layer of Teflon tape is inadequate. Six layers has a lways worked fine for me. And it does make the joint easier to tighten. I w as told that it can make it easy enough to let you over-tighten and put eno ugh tension on the socket to break it apart.
s high then you might want to consider Locktite instead. I know it is not t he EXACT purpose of the shit but then do we care what they wanted done with it once they got their money ? Fukum.
d do serious product testing before it goes out the door.
ss or glass supported then unscrewing it may break it.
been involved with some weird kinda processes. The guy to ask would have be en the olman. he might have used like an alloy of maybe mercury and tin, to have it solid at operating temperatures but with a little Burnsomatic or m aybe even a pencil torch you could get it hot and take it back apart easily . but it has to not only well below the melting temperature, it also has to not cause too much thermal expansion or it might break or deform.
George was using it as an anti-backlash device - as a solid lubricant. Meta l-on-metal micro-welds, and you have to torque up a screw thread in a nut q uite a lot to break the microwelds, and the screw jumps too far after the m icrowelds break.
Teflon tape offers smoother adjustment.
nt. Duct tape would be better as a light shield. however it has an aggressi ve adhesive so maybe not so good. Will masking tape take the heat ? (only i f you are dealing with any really pressure of course).
Not the point, in this particular case.