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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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Place the gasket onto the new faucet's base. Apply plumber's putty around the base of the gasket to create a watertight seal.

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well good let's get rolling all right so to make the connection to the sink i'm going to show you the batting order okay it'll start with a gasket that'll go on so that the faucet itself won't leak against the plate so that goes right there next is the plate to cover your three holes just gonna get the hoses through there okay so now that means we'll have no leak from water between the faucet itself and the gasket next we're going to add some putty to the bottom of the gasket to be sure we don't leak water between the plate down through the holes of the sink and now we've got to make sure that it stays attached well to the sink so here's a gasket that's going to go to the underside of the stainless steel sink this washer goes on here that'll allow us to screw this on and we'll get it really close and then once once it's in place we'll tighten up these three screws and when we do it will pull down that faucet it'll squeeze out all the putty and it'll make that gasket a nice tight seal all right once you start by taking a little bit of that putty up pull it up and just work it in your hands a little bit we're going to fill the base of this plate all right great that should squeeze out nicely a little more for the other side all right a lot of this will squeeze right out

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