I use the Dow 111 Ben. It's been a while though Sent from Blue
On Oct 6, 2017, 10:32 AM, at 10:32 AM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: >Hey Bruce— >The yellow tape is rated for gas and is indeed thicker. But, with the >proper number of wraps, the white will hold just fine also. You’d have >to look at the label, but if memory serves the yellow takes 3 turns >minimum, and the white maybe 5 or 7. Glad it’s holding in any case. > >As an aside, do you (or others) have a method/product for lubricating >the steam joystick? Mine has gotten pretty dry and not sure what to use >on it. I assume you just pull it apart and lube the ball. > >best, >bmc > >> On Oct 6, 2017, at 06:57, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> I'm hoping I'm in the clear now with my ongoing leaky steam wand. >It's been almost a week and no leaks at all. I went with yellow teflon >tape which seems to be thicker than the regular white. Maybe I just >didn't wrap the threads properly last time (with the white tape) and >that caused the problems. Last time, it lasted about a year before any >leaks occurred so who knows? I might be revisiting this again in the >summer of 2018. >> >> For now though, things appear to be working well and its great to >have the espresso machine back in action. >> >> Bruce in Winnipeg. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Brewtus" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to [email protected] ><mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] ><mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus ><https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout ><https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Brewtus" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
