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I have no idea.

I don't think you can use too much tape. Suggestions that you can break fittings with too much tape are almost certainly incorrect - with either plastic or metal.

I usually do 5-ish wraps with the thick yellow tape - and that is true with schedule 40 PVC, plain old galvy, or with small stainless fittings.

I am wasting tape, and I know it, and I have no problem with that - and neither do the fittings.

[jkqwzsoo]

You can definitely break a plastic fitting with too much tape. The tape and the plastic are deformable, and I’ve had taped PVC fittings effectively extruded by repeated installation with fresh tape (every time you install it, you need a little bit more). This effect will be amplified if you’re fitting is made out of a material more prone to creep like PVDF, PP, or Nylon. Granted, this isn’t a typical (or appropriate) use case, but it was a necessary kludge for a project I had.

You can get leaks with too much tape if it prevents you from reasonably getting the threads to seal. When this happens, you get a slow leak between the layers of the tape. I’ve seen water slowly bead out of fittings at 1000 psi due to this.

Also, too much tape can lead to contamination (the tape sticks to every piece of dust, lint, and oil in your workspace) and can make it easy to cross thread fittings (especially small plastic ones).