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Re: funny leaky fountain pen story

by "Bluesea" <this.addy.is@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM

"Brian Ketterling" <tweel6510@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
in 
message news:TLudnYnBHcAaD5DVnZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In news:674ulgF2ngg6oU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Bluesea <this.addy.is@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Little shreds - bleah!
>
> Teflon tape is very thin and somewhat stretchy (without elastic
rebound).
> It conforms to and clings to male threads when you wrap them, then as
you
> screw the parts together it tears away from the peaks of the threads and
> packs into the valleys.  By filling in all those little spaces, it 
> prevents
> leaks.
>
> The advantage over traditional pipe "dope" is that it doesn't cement the
> parts together, so you can easily unscrew them again.  When you do, you 
> find
> compressed strings and shreds of Teflon wound around the thread.  Some
get
> loose, some have to be picked out.  So, good for pipes, but probably
> annoying for pens.

My thoughts, precisely. I wouldn't want to pick out little shreds each
time 
I refilled and then retape the threads.

> Ron Zorn, in the repair forum of the horrible (*yawn*)

;)

> FPN, warned someone who wanted to use Teflon tape on the point collar
> threads of a Parker "45" that those shreds can get loose and into the
> point's feed channels.

Thanks, Brian.

-- 
~~Bluesea~~
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funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-14 14:49:56 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
The Drunken Lord <fkfr  2008-04-14 22:12:30 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-15 16:59:10 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Brian Ketterling&qu  2008-04-15 02:26:45 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-15 17:00:57 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
Deirdre Saoirse Moen <  2008-04-15 12:39:55 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-15 17:04:11 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
Deirdre Saoirse Moen <  2008-04-16 00:57:30 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-19 19:56:34 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-20 10:14:26 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-20 22:26:31 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Brian Ketterling&qu  2008-04-21 12:16:57 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-21 20:51:45 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Brian Ketterling&qu  2008-04-22 03:23:20 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-22 10:36:09 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
MatthewK <Matthewk@[EM  2008-04-22 18:32:11 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-22 22:33:47 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
Deirdre Saoirse Moen <  2008-04-23 12:08:47 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-23 19:19:40 
Re: funny leaky fountain pen story
"Bluesea" <t  2008-04-23 19:30:58 

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