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It was $600 to have my water plumbed in post-construction and I use it all the time!

I have the same spec compressor in an Ingersol Rand and got the 1/2" filter/regulator. I also made sure to run "Full Port" valves to control my air. I wanted to make sure not to restrict my air flow.

Ok, I am happy to report!!! I tore everything apart, cleaned all threads with a pick and rag, then reassembled with the yellow tape (much thicker than the white stuff) using my thumbnail to trace and push the tape into all threads, then put a good layer of pipe dope over the tape, then put each...

I just bought some of the yellow thread tape and going to tape it up good and use the pipe dope and tighten the **** out of it. I also went and bought a good pipe wrench. Hoping for better results today!!! Thanks Guys

I kinda wonder if I should have left it the first time, at least they didn't hiss, now they hiss. Well, lets hope i don't mess up the threads from disassembly and reassembly a 2nd time. I didn't know that tightening and loosening would harm the threads. It seems like there are several things...

Ok, I was just worried about stripping the threads. I have stripped a few threads on bolts and whatnot in the past. hahaha

Another thing I am certain is contributing to the problem is that I can't tighten the fittings as much as I want because some of the valves and T's wont be facing in the right directions due to not being able to complete an additional full revolution of the fitting to face the correct direction...

Ok, plan C, the joints I pipe doped leak way worse than the teflon tape. I am going to take it all apart for a 2nd time, buy the Hurcules tape and tape it up good. Do you guys think I should dope it on top of the tape too (as some here have mentioned doing)? As for Chinese fittings, all...

I was doing some reading about pipe dope in general and I found that if you are under 150psi, you can use your joints immediately, over 150, you need to wait 24 hours. I also read that you must tighten your joints pretty well. For the most part I did tighten well, but there was a couple of...

It said it was specifically for air systems among some other gas pipe applications.

Harveyseal formula 55 Is the name of the pipe dope

By the way, I did clean out all the tape out of the threads to make sure it was clean before putting the dope in. I am letting it dry. How long do I need to let it dry? It didn't say on the bottle. It just said slow drying.

Ok guys, I just got done ripping it all apart and pipe doping it. Not as bad as I thought, made sure to used enough that it squeezed out some as I tightened it. Now my questions is: As I was assembling everything back together, some of my previously doped pipe joints would shift (loosen and...

I have a 42" flat on my wall here in Minnesota. It gets pretty humid here in the summer. I keep my garage at 60 degrees with radiant heat in the winter. No problems here. Not to mention I also have a floor drain and spray the hose year round which adds to the humidity with the floor being...

I was hoping to not use pipe dope. Shouldn't tape be able to seal it up?

I put together the first few fittings, 3 ball valves, retractable air hose, filter and regulator. Everything looks good, I cannot hear any hissing of air and the gauge appeared to be holding well. I thought I would give it the soap bubble spray test and noticed there are bubbles from many of...

I went with the union, seems to work just fine. Thanks Guys!

I might be missing something really obvious here, but how do you guys connect your lead hose off your compressor to your filer or hard-lines, Recoils etc. Neither end of my hose has a swivel, so once the first end is threaded in, I cannot twist the 2nd end in. I tried twisting the hose so that...

Thanks guys! I decided to use 3/4 main lines. Should be plenty. The math does not really work out to go much bigger for storage.

Some great looking craftsmanship with the piping. This has helped a lot. I have started to put my parts list together and diagram the layout with parts used in each section.