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Technical Forum => Studio/workspace/setup/equipment => Oxycon/Oxygen/Propane => Topic started by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 01:29:13 PM

Title: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 01:29:13 PM
my propane has ran out im trying to unscrew it from the bottle and I CANT  :o
anyone have this problem before? I know I didn't tighten it THAT tight  :'(
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Enchanted Cobwebs on November 04, 2015, 01:34:29 PM
remember is unscrews clockwise, the opposite to most things
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 01:41:43 PM
Really???   I just thought to myself wonder if its the other way  :D :D :D
will try again thank you x ...im sweating  :D
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 01:44:39 PM
No I am turning clockwise  ::) wont budge  :'( :'(
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 02:08:58 PM
Sorted!
Its anticlockwise to unscrew  ;D
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Lynnybobs on November 04, 2015, 02:35:37 PM
Someone (can't remember who..) once told me the way to remember it is 'right is tight and left is loose!'  ;D
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Angie Beadz on November 04, 2015, 03:01:10 PM
Quote from: Lynnybobs on November 04, 2015, 02:35:37 PM
Someone (can't remember who..) once told me the way to remember it is 'right is tight and left is loose!'  ;D

Ive wrote it down now so I don't forget....
got my new tank now and ready to go  ;)
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Fluffstar on November 04, 2015, 04:15:58 PM
Quote from: Lynnybobs on November 04, 2015, 02:35:37 PM
Someone (can't remember who..) once told me the way to remember it is 'right is tight and left is loose!'  ;D

Righty tighty lefty loosey!
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: Enchanted Cobwebs on November 04, 2015, 05:21:20 PM
I'll write it down too...!
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: flame n fuse on November 04, 2015, 06:36:47 PM
 :)
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: ajda on November 05, 2015, 08:35:27 AM
I'm puzzled... Standard propane fittings are always left-hand thread - that is, clockwise to unscrew, anticlockwise to tighten, the opposite way to "normal" screw threads.
Title: Re: propane ran out, cant unscrew it
Post by: flame n fuse on November 05, 2015, 09:32:09 AM
I suppose it depends which side you are looking at it from.