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Kitchen Faucet Replacement · Step 7 of 13

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With the underside of the faucet's base plate accessible, put on a pair of gloves. Take a generous amount of plumber's putty and knead it to soften it. Press the putty firmly into the recessed channel on the underside of the base plate. Continue adding and spreading the putty evenly around the entire perimeter of the plate, ensuring the channel is completely filled. The putty should be level with or slightly above the edge of the gasket to ensure it creates a tight seal when compressed.

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below. Now we will take a chunk of our plumber's potty and then we will insert it in this hole that we have here and then we will just try it to extend it all over the place. Make sure that you don't go past the gasket section here. As a note, make sure that the plumber's potty is at level or a little bit above the level of the gasket so that when we install the faucet, the plumber's potty will be squeezed and we will generate the seal we are looking for. Now we will continue covering the rest of this plastic section and once you are finished, make sure that you do the same thing on the other hole and on this entire other side.

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Apply plumber's putty or silicone sealant

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Kitchen Faucet Replacement · Step 7 of 13

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With the underside of the faucet's base plate accessible, put on a pair of gloves. Take a generous amount of plumber's putty and knead it to soften it. Press the putty firmly into the recessed channel on the underside of the base plate. Continue adding and spreading the putty evenly around the entire perimeter of the plate, ensuring the channel is completely filled. The putty should be level with or slightly above the edge of the gasket to ensure it creates a tight seal when compressed.

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below. Now we will take a chunk of our plumber's potty and then we will insert it in this hole that we have here and then we will just try it to extend it all over the place. Make sure that you don't go past the gasket section here. As a note, make sure that the plumber's potty is at level or a little bit above the level of the gasket so that when we install the faucet, the plumber's potty will be squeezed and we will generate the seal we are looking for. Now we will continue covering the rest of this plastic section and once you are finished, make sure that you do the same thing on the other hole and on this entire other side.

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