I use toilet bowl wax. I also enjoy archery and put wax on my broadhead threads. Last weekend was cleaning the garage and started playing with my arrow. Anyway the steel broadhead unscrewed from that aluminum ferrule easily after 2years. I also use the wax ring for cleanout caps.
I bought a tub of anti-sieze compound several years ago. "Ni-Kal" I thinks it's called . . . has a look and texture similar to Master's Metallic thread sealant but less runny. Works really good.
There's nothing on the label re: toxicity or anything so I never use it on potable systems. Great for chrome p-traps and whatnot since it wipes right off after everythings tight and it'll all come apart almost by hand even after a few years. I got it at an industrial supply house.
I bought a tub of anti-sieze compound several years ago. "Ni-Kal" I thinks it's called . . . has a look and texture similar to Master's Metallic thread sealant but less runny. Works really good.
I was always taught "no lubricants, pipe dope or silicone on any joint with a rubber gasket". Right or wrong I don't know, but I do know that rubber slips out of place when oily. No reason that I can see for dope on slip joint trap threads.
From the old days though I will still use lamp wick where necessary.
I use plumbers valve and faucet grease on just about any non-sealing threaded connection. Comes apart like butta
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