[rocksteady]

when you guys get pre taped or doped fittings (t&p valves for example) do you use them as is? i get a wire brush and clean them down to the brass and do it all over again with tape and dope. am i too anal?








paul

 

[Wethead]

I do the same,

I like do dope my own crap, I never let my helpers flux my fittings either, I have to do that myself too.

I think you get to a point in your career when you start getting super anal, I know I am

 

[muck]

to anal. Sometime time is key and to strip it down and redo it looks like a waste of time to me.

 

[Bill]

I just add my own without cleaning the old off

 

[Ron]

Same here I just add tape then pipe dope on top of there existing.

 

[richfield]

same

 

[Protech]

same

 

[WestCoastPlumber]

I do the same,

I like do dope my own crap, I never let my helpers flux my fittings either, I have to do that myself too.

I think you get to a point in your career when you start getting super anal, I know I am

I am super anal also! I take all the existing off and re-do it my own way. The longer I am in the trade, the worse I get. I am so picky I will probably never have employee's