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This is for those people who have no clue even what teflon tape is. Teflon tape is a thin plastic about 1/2" wide found on a roll. This can be picked up at any hardware store for under a buck.

Teflon tape is used in plumbing to keep threaded joints leak-free. If the tape is wound on wrong, it will come off when you thread the pieces together. There is a diagram and some steps to help you:

• 1. Hold object in your left hand.
• 2. With roll feeding from bottom of the spool, place end on threads and hold with thumb.
• 3. Wrap in a clockwise direction until tape meets your thumb.
• 4. Take thumb off tape, and slowly overlap the tape held by thumb.
• 5. Weave back and forth until the threads are covered (make sure it isn't too tight).
• 6. Rip roll off of the taped object.

Now you have a perfectly wrapped object. Now thread into whatever and tighten. You can always redo it if you need to by unrapping it and cleaning the threads with your fingernail. If you can't do this well, do your best and put together. It does take practice (I always kept rolling it on wrong, and it came off when threading it together).

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