Eli5: Teflon Tape direction

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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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Wrap it in the same direction the threads go. So if you put a nut on it and it spins clockwise to tighten, tape goes on clockwise too. Otherwise you run the risk of the tape bunching up or coming off.

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