Plumber shows how to apply teflon tape and thread sealant

hey folks that fix-it guy here if you're new to the channel please click the subscribe button if you like what you see you can click the like button at the end it would be greatly appreciated today I'm gonna show you how to install teflon tape and pipe dope like a plumber we're gonna be installing this to a threaded joint and following these couple little simple things you're going to ensure success and no leaks on joints so come along let's get to fix it [Music] today we're gonna learn how to properly prep threaded pipe to go together when using threaded pipe you want to use both teflon tape and some pipe dope you put these two things together and you're gonna almost guarantee that you never have a leak I can't guarantee that you won't have a leak but almost never will you have a leak if you use both of these together so the first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna take the teflon you just put put your index finger in the front and just run it over or your middle finger take the pipe and set it on top of the Teflon you're going to be going clockwise make sure that when you would apply your teflon you're going clockwise if you don't apply the teflon clockwise it's going to back out whenever you go to put your fitting then so then you just want to keep going you're looking for about three wraps minimum I like to go for maybe five and then just break it off so what I do then is I just take my fingernail lightly put it in the first thread and then I start moving and you can watch as it goes into the threads okay so now that that's all hooked up and you know it's together then you're just gonna take a little bit of your thread sealant and you're just gonna go right around it one full coat right around the whole thing and now you're ready to put it into your fitting that right there is going to give you a good tight seal all right so that's how I install a teflon tape and piped over to a threaded joint I'll put a link for the teflon tape and the mega lock in the description below so you can check that stuff out very quality products if you could please subscribe to the channel click the like button it would be greatly appreciated thank you very much and have a great day