I get very confused which this. People say they wrap it in the direction the pipe will turn “clockwise”, although almost all of them are putting it on counter-clockwise. is it just because its a flipped image? If the threads face away from me and I wrap the tape in the direction i will turn the fitting righty tighty/clockwise, that seems to be incorrect. hopefully someone can give me something concrete to understand this with.
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The way to remember this is to hold a normal (right hand) thread in your left hand facing towards your right hand and wind the tape away from you. This will have the effect of tightening the teflon into the thread as you screw it in rather than unwinding it.
If you have a left hand thread you can achieve the same thing by holding the thread in your right hand and use the same procedure.
A right hand thread is the normal righty tighty thread we all know and love
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