sweating copper part 2

teabird · 2012-02-09T02:17:31+00:00

Hello,Thanks for all the good input in the other thread. I've concludedthat the joints were not hot enough, due to working on a joint withpipe on both sides, therefore not enough heat. Lesson learned is totry to arrange the order of joints so I'm always working on an end.Another question, is the flux supposed to burn off and clean thejoint, similar to having an inert gas in welding? There wasconsiderable bubbling and it looked like near all the flux was burnedaway. It is a water soluble flux, both flux and lead free solder byLenox.Thanks,TeabirdHaha, someone described grapes or bubble gum coming off the joint,just what I had :)

Feb 09, 2012 23 Replies

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DerbyDad03 9 years ago

It took you 4 years to compose that beauty? Wow!

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Kpssan 9 years ago

replying to teabird, Kpssan wrote: Thank you for your time. Much appreciated. But i went to a local. Plumbing shop a day after post and they kinda had a small show room. And there it was. Nocorode. A pint bottke. I at thatbpoint was willing to pay what ever. They charged me 10. Buck. An hour. Later i had run both lenes 40 joints total. With valves and couplers going through. Jousts. Nit ine leake. Just like its supose to b. Yes the homedepot flux. Is s*it throw it away

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