In Washington State recent laws now allow micro distilleries. One is
opening up near me and I have done some welding on the stainless steel
stills. Someone goofed and a 3/4 pipe coupler was threaded to the
drain on the bottom of the still. It is apparently leaking. I am
pretty sure it galled up during assembly. There is not enough room to
weld around the threaded joint. So I'm thinking about using a wicking
sealer. Loctite makes one, 290, but it is only good up to 1/2 inch
diameter threads. Does anybody here know if I can get it to work on
the 3/4 pipe? I just need sealing, not retention of the fitting. I
will consider other methods too. I doubt that taking the coupler off
without destroying the threads is possible. I am willing to try using
Kroil or similar but if that doesn't work I will need to somehow clean
it out of the threads if I intend to use a wicking sealer. HELP!
Thanks,
Eric