Tightening a nut without marking it

[Rob Morley]

Mine too - but not if you use it as I said :-)

[r.rain]

Wrap some electrical insulating tape around the spanner. I have used this method with a good success rate on all my rads.

HTH

Cheers

Richard

[s--p--o--n--i--x]

But knowing "designer" fittings it will probably be chrome plated monkey metal and hence, easily marked..

sponix

[Mary Fisher]

Monkey metal.

Haven't heardthat for ages!

Ah, nostalgia isn't what it used to be ...

Mary

[daddyfreddy]

I've always used a cotton cloth with an adjustable pipe spanner without problems.

[Matt]

Not if you use ones that can be unlatched - aircon specialists use them a lot.

[Dave]

Or did he mean a crow foot spanner? A ring spanner with a gap to get it off the pipe, for them as never seen one :-)

Dave

[graham]

Ask the missus - I'm sure she'll be an expert at tightening nuts without marking them

(:-)

Graham

[Chris Hodges]

I see your point, ut have to disagree - I've had success using an adjustable spanner with a single layer of insulation tape over the top (on visible pipe fixings).

Chris

[Thomas Prufer]

Thomas Prufer