What Do Plumbers Use Plumbers Mait For?

[woodbine]

A few years ago, I did a lot of work on my house, inc bathroom and heating. At the time, I bought a tub of Plumbers Mait with all the other materials, but never found a use for it. It says on the tub that its used for sanitary ware.

Is it a product that isn't really used any more, or are there uses for which ordinary non-plumbing mortals can't fathom? What aspect of sanitary ware does it seal? What do you use yours for?

 

[dextrous]

Hardly ever use it, other than for (rarely) packing around tap tails when there's a bit of lateral play in it as it goes through the porcelain.

 

[seco services]

as dextrous said rarely use it.
i've had more vans than i've had tubs of that sh*t

 

[kirkgas]

i use it to seal between bath or whb gratings, to seal CI gutter (it is like putty but does not harden and crack like putty)

 

[dextrous]

as dextrous said rarely use it.
i've had more vans than i've had tubs of that sh*t

 

[seco services]

its that old its probably still got the price tag on it from texas homestore.

 

[bengasman]

I actually use it for what it is designed, but then I am odd; I hate things that others find easy, and happily do that what others consider hard.
When sticking a waste outlet on bath or sink, I tend to first do it dry. If it works, fine, leave it. If it drips, slap a load of plumber's mait around it, and job done.

 

[dextrous]

its that old its probably still got the price tag on it from texas homestore.

Strange how we all seem to get a tub when we start out, before we know what a completely unpleasant substance it is to use and, in my experience anyway, has yet to create an effective seal and messes up threads of new waste fittings.

 

[kevplumb]

sticking on the end of a long screwdriver when you drop a screw off a 3 port in the airing cupboard and it disapears down the one crack in the boards

 

[roguetrader]

i use it for what it was designed for, rolling into balls and using as ammunition for my 15mm copper blowpipe.

 

[dextrous]

And yet, I haven't the heart to chuck it away. It's one of those things you keep just in case

 

[woodbine]

its that old its probably still got the price tag on it from texas homestore.

UBM actually

 

[ChrisR]

I'd agree wholeheartedly - with Kev and Rogue. Outdated and Useless for anything else. It comes unstuck, dries out and cracks.
My tub says 1s6d on it.

 

[woodbine]

sticking on the end of a long screwdriver when you drop a screw off a 3 port in the airing cupboard and it disapears down the one crack in the boards

Blu Tak in a tub then?

 

[Whitespirit66]

When I was an apprentice, we fashioned a male 'member', complete with two 'veg', and stuck it to the back of the foreman's van.

Well, he was a complete prick!

Think I have got the rest of the unused tub somewhere.