[Juan if by land]

Let's say I have to replace a spray body,I twist it out with the Channelocks,see that it was installed with a nipple.I coat the female threads of the new body with some Rectorseal(just the right amount),then spin it back down.No muss,no fuss.

In an open hole,I use tape.It's the "Use No Dope" thing that bothers me.

Should I watch my back?

 

[AI Inc]

I remember the first time I installed a sprinkler head and read " use no pipe dope" I thought " how did they know it was going to be me installing it"?

 

[evergreensolutions]

My understanding is that the "use no dope" disclaimer is to limit the knuckleheads that put a 3" bead on the riser and then end up with clogged filters. It shouldn't hurt the plastic or anything.

 

[Mike Leary]

I remember the first time I installed a sprinkler head and read " use no pipe dope" I thought " how did they know it was going to be me installing it"?

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

[WalkGood]

Let's say I have to replace a spray body,I twist it out with the Channelocks,see that it was installed with a nipple.I coat the female threads of the new body with some Rectorseal(just the right amount),then spin it back down.No muss,no fuss.

In an open hole,I use tape.It's the "Use No Dope" thing that bothers me.

Should I watch my back?

You do not need rectorseal. Period.

 

[Mike Leary]

You do not need rectorseal. Period.

If you use a Marlex ell, that is true. Period.

 

[Wet_Boots]

You don't need the paste dope period, unless you have a bad case of limp wrists. Old paste dopes were never intended to contact plastic, which wasn't in plumbing use when the paste dopes were formulated.

 

[Mike Leary]

You don't need the paste dope period, unless you have a bad case of limp wrists.

Only ROTAR has the wrist problem, the newer dope is made for plastics.

 

[Wet_Boots]

Only ROTAR has the wrist problem, the newer dope is made for plastics.

Major diss :waving: ~ When those stickers first appeared, a lot of paste dopes were original formulas, and death to some plastics.

 

[Dirty Water]

I always read it as "Use No Pipe, Dope".

Then I wondered how to get water to the sprinklers.

 

[Mike Leary]

I'm not sure what you guys are talking about.

 

[JB926]

nice inside out glass piece

 

[Mike Leary]

nice inside out glass piece

It's served me well.:dizzy:

 

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

wow.....leary.....someday....me/u

 

[hoskm01]

wow.....leary.....someday....me/u

His wife might take issue.

 

[bicmudpuppy]

C'mon Boots, Mike. It's fun to laugh at the pups, but do the even sell PIPE DOPE anymore? They sell pipe sealant and most of it is teflon based. I don't think you can even buy the stuff we used to use on galvy swing joints and fittings. The Dope warnings were on all the bird in a bucket heads too. the internal workings and the non-metal parts in the valve in heads really didn't like dope.

 

[Juan if by land]

So,

Tape + Dope = Everlasting JOY ???

 

[AI Inc]

So,

Tape + Dope = Everlasting JOY ???

No, nothing needed at all.

 

[Wet_Boots]

You just don't have horrible leakage at heads threaded onto bare sch 80 risers. In olden days there was even an adjustable riser brass head that used 'straight' pipe threads to connect to the similarly-threaded brass riser nipple.

 

[Dripit good]

I'm not sure what you guys are talking about.

What the.......!?!?!? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Is this how you make a sea monkey?