Anyone unhappy with "Just for Copper"?

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I bought a product today called Just for Copper. It is for joining copper pipe and fittings. Expensive ($15 for a bottle that claims it can do 40 joints, but if it does 10 I will be surprised) but it claims that it can be used on wet pipe, and should be good for places where a torch is not suitable. Hopefully it will have a better shelf life than the epoxy I have used in the past in such places.

I did up one joint (at $1.50 a joint I didn't want to experiment too much) and it seems fine. 3 posts at various groups say it is good; but I wonder if anyone has had a bad experience. I mean, one bad experience is more important to hear about then a bunch of good ones.

mm · Accepted Answer

Never used it.On one occasion I have patched a wet metal drain pipe just below asink with PC-70 .  The faucet was dripping at the time, and I didn'tthink it would work, but I wanted to use the kitchen sink.  I was just a subtenant, and I didn't want to do substantial work.The other two had lived there for months, and I assumed they had triedto get the ll to fix the dripping (almost running) sink, and that hehadn't.     Before the PC-70 set, it kept falling away from the pipe,but I kept pushing it back and eventually it stayed there.   The nextday I used the sink and the drain worked fine.  I couldn't believe it.I stayed there for four months and it lasted that long.PC-70 definitley sticks to copper.  I wouldn't polish or buff thecopper, but leave it rough.Remove NOPSAM to email me.  Please letme know if you have posted also.

Dr. Hardcrab · Answer

I prefer to use You'll Never Take Me Alive, Copper!That stuff is GREAT!!! It's easy and FAST! Gives me plenty of time to be a Mystery Shopper!;-]

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