Pipe joint compound
JR North wrote:
Since organic weaves swell when wet, it makes sense for a
depression-era make-do job. Anything like the things you are
describing that last 50+years can't be faulted.
JR
Dweller in the cellar
Using lampwick is not a make-do job. A wrap of lampwick followed by a coat
of pipe dope will beat Teflon every time.
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