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PTFE / Teflon Paste
bigandy - 17/11/10 at 10:16 AM

Morning all,

Does anyone know where I might be able to source a small quantity of PTFE or Teflon paste that is used for sealing threaded pipe connections? I specifically after something that is rated for use with gaseous oxygen carrying pipes, which rules out the standard plumbers stuff that is commonly available?

Cheers
Andy

bob tatt - 17/11/10 at 10:19 AM

try pipeline center part of plumb center or bss if you have one near by.

hth rob

Richard Quinn - 17/11/10 at 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by bigandy
Morning all,

Does anyone know where I might be able to source a small quantity of PTFE or Teflon paste that is used for sealing threaded pipe connections? I specifically after something that is rated for use with gaseous oxygen carrying pipes, which rules out the standard plumbers stuff that is commonly available?

Cheers
Andy

A lot of the PTFE based stuff is stated as not being suitable for O2 systems. I don't know if ROCOL do anything. I know that they do greases etc for BA sets, operating theatres and similar.

norm007 - 17/11/10 at 12:01 PM

Does anyone know where I might be able to source a small quantity of PTFE or Teflon paste that is used for sealing threaded pipe connections? I specifically after something that is rated for use with gaseous oxygen carrying pipes, which rules out the standard plumbers stuff that is commonly available?

Cheers
Andy







Several years ago I saw some photo`s as part of a workshop health & safety training course which showed several people who had been handling oxygen with oily hands and various PTFE uses which resulted in extremely badly burned hands.

Don`t know if this was scare mongering by the firm I worked for, but it was enough to convince me not to mix oil based products with oxygen.

Normal PTFE costs a few pence a role, oxygen rated can`t cost much more, can it?????????????

jossey - 17/11/10 at 03:03 PM

screwfix?


dave