John Gayewski
In the Trades
I've had it where you tighten the drain and the threads come loose. Kind of like tightening a nut past the shoulder of a bolt. Probably a better quality drain would work better.I don't have issues installing drains on stainless sinks. The key is to limit how much putty is used, excess needs to be able to squeeze out or it will continue to loosen in a bit. I tighten several times, shifting to other things that I'm working on around the install, letting the putty squeeze out until it's a done deal. Works for me.
With a cast iron sink, I use more putty because of the depth of the hole I'm dropping the drain in.
With composite, each sink is different. Maybe less and maybe more. More often less.
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