In article , Andrew Mawson
wrote:
But recently I've taken to Loctite 542 thread sealant which is
absolutely brilliant stuff - you can assemble threaded fittings finger
tight pointing where you want them, and within minutes you get a sound
seal and good mechanical fixing that can be undone later.

And it's tight to hydrogen!
(This is a very non-trivial point if you're plumbing laboratory
machines.)

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Aidan
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:50 GMT, but posted later.