Soldering tips/advice

Doobielicious · 2008-07-10T01:35:12+00:00

I just tried to solder a 1/2 inch copper coupling to a 1/2 inch piece ofpipe. I put soldering paste inside the coupling, gave the 1/2 pipe a goodgoing over with a file (i didn't have sandpaper) and also put solderingpaste on the 1/2 inch pipe. I inserted the pipe inside the coupling, andheated the couplign up with a torch. I tried to put solder on the end ofthe coupling and the pipe, but the solder didn't go around the coupling toform a seal. In fact the solder made a complete mess adn I ended up withclumps of solder in one spot.What the heck am I doing wrong?

Jul 10, 2008 21 Replies

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David Nebenzahl 18 years ago

On 7/11/2008 11:19 AM Doug Miller spake thus:

Yes; sorry about the ambiguity there.

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Ray K 17 years ago

You can go to youtube.com and enter solder pipe in the search box.

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