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Clean and Prepare Components

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Once the old components are removed, clean the interior and exterior of the tailpiece using paper towels. Use a utility knife to carefully remove any burrs or rough edges from the cut surfaces or the plastic. The goal is to make all sealing surfaces as flat and smooth as possible. Next, take a wire brush, such as a copper fitting brush, to meticulously clean the threads of the sink basket. This removes rust, mineral deposits, and old sealant, ensuring the new nut can thread on properly and the sealant can adhere effectively. Test-fit the new nut onto the cleaned threads to confirm a smooth fit.

Goal: Thoroughly clean the removed tailpiece and the exposed threads of the sink basket to ensure a smooth, debris-free surface for the new gasket and sealant.

Tools and materials

  • Utility Knife
  • Paper Towels Unspecified

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reuse this. We're going to clean this out. Let's make sure that this is flat. It's good. Looks like it is. Maybe we'll hit it with the knife. And I just like to take those little burrs off. Anything flat and smooth, right? Make it how you can make it. Just want to go right around the edge of this. Get that all nice and smooth. Once you add this gasket right here to the inside of this, that's what's going to seal up to the bottom of this basket strainer. You want it to be looking as good as you can get it. Yeah. Good to go. Now you want to grab some kind of a wire brush. It's a old copper fitting brush here. And you just want to make sure this is going to go on there. And now we should just be ready to

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