My favorite non-hardening sealer is Permatex Super 300. (Not 3-D) It was developed to seal aviation gasoline fittings, so it's definitely useful on pipe thread fittings for fuel pumps, gas tanks, etc. Flare fittings do not need any sort of sealer, as the threads of the nut don't do any sealing- - - -the angle of the tubing flare and the part of the fitting it meets seals the liquid.