If you are lucky you can pull the entire piece of thread tape off in one try, but most of the time the teflon tape is dried out and stuck in the threads of your old fittings. Use a little bit of water and a toothbrush or a towel to loosen the old pipe tape and lift it enough to remove it.
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Post time: Jun-19-2018