How can I solder a pipe that has a bit of water in it?

[mm]

I know that, but I wasn't sure if he planned to ever use this zone again. I thought maybe it was out of use, but still leaking.

Okey dokey

Never tried that. I somewhat doubt it but I'm not sure, especially if the stuff was wrapped around the whole circumference of the pipe.

I don't think this would be a problem. I once used PC-70 to patch a leaking pan, and then, atypcially, I left the pan on the stove and boiled out all the water, and left it on the stove even after that for a while. After it cooled of, it still didn't leak, even on the stove.

[mm]

It says that even for room temp and no pressure I bet. That's one of the times PC-70 is good.

[geohurley]

I recently came across this website:

They make what appears to be an epoxy-type bonder for joining copper pipe. It's about $13 from Amazon.com. I've never used it, so I can't vouch for it, but you can read a review of it at

[Doug Miller]

What would make flare fittings a better choice than compression in this application?

[RicodJour]

New style, Bob. Also new to the big box stores, new to residential construction (aimed at DIYer), new packaging and new to you if you've never seen them before. ;)

R

[John JJ]

You might be interest in a product, that I came across just a few days from the Family Handyman magazine May 2001 issue (pg 95). The Topic "Plumbling Pipe Pluggers." They are available in:

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[classicrock86]

if there is a water flow than you have to try to close the flow... if it is closed but water still flows slowly... you can stuff the pipe with sandwich bread a couple of slices... this will absorb the water giving you time to do your soldering.

[Walter R.]

Just stuff some white bread into the wet pipe, as far as possible. It will dissolve and discharge through the faucet when the water is restored.

[Stubby]

I finally located a pair of 3/4" compression joints ($10 each!). But these require cutting the pipe stubs in the channel in the slab. So I decided to try the old bread trick with the existing stubs properly prepared and use a pair of standard sweat repair fittings. If it failed, I would have to do the cutting to use my compression fittings.

Luck was with me! The bread trick worked. Thanks to all that offered advice.

[Doug Miller]

Missed the part about that being in a hot-water heating system, didja?

No faucet.

No way to get the bread out.

[clifto]

If it gets stuck in your closed boiler system, you're toast.

[Clark]

clifto wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Soggy toast?

[clifto]

It ain't milk toast.