I remember seeing a US made video with a plumber using a pipe de-burring and cleaning brush that was mounted on a cordless drill.
It struck me a pretty good idea considering how much time you can spend cleaning up pipe ends prior to soldering etc - especially when they are in difficult places.
Anyone know of a supplier here for similar brushes?
Monument used to make such a thing.
I suppose the ratchet one is heading in the right direction - would be easier to use on pipes tight to a wall.
John Rumm scribbled...
It's usual practice to clean copper tubing before you install it. If you're worried about the ends getting dirty, clean - flux and put a cleaned & fluxed joint over the end - keep it in place with sellotape.
Indeed it is, and I do ;-)
However its rare for plumbing to be installed in complete isolation, it normally needs connecting to existing stuff. So even there you end up cleaning installed pipes as well as the new ones. When those are old crusty, against a wall, and covered in paint you can wast a surprising amount of time getting them into a fit state to make connection to.
The flux would leave it rather green in a matter of hours!
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