I have “keg lube” from home brewing—it’s a food-grade silicone. Is that essentially what dow 111 is? best, bmc
> On Oct 6, 2017, at 07:42, Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use the Dow 111 Ben. It's been a while though > > Sent from Blue <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=10777> > On Oct 6, 2017, at 10:32 AM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] > <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.
