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HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SOLDER COPPER NICELY SO SOLDER DOESN'T COVER HALF OF PIPE IN SHIT?
In this ITT thread we post and discuss things we did DIY ourselves
Brody Taylor
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Christian Gonzalez
more heat, more Flux and wipe the joint with a cold wet rag when you fill it. That makes the solder cool inside the pipe and makes a better joint.
William Lopez
>more heat,
I annealed some fittings a bit, not sure if you really need more heat.
> more Flux
I have bought 500g of flux, so I didn't skimp on it this time (when I was making brush and sponge holder thing).
> wipe the joint with a cold wet rag when you fill it.
Bu how? This will move hooks, for ex, and they wont' be lined up.
Also, for some weird reason, brass (bronce?) fittings are way easier to solder, than copper.
Thomas Smith
Anyway, what color of tiles would you recommend for those copper pipes? Black? Dark blue?
Anthony Anderson
use a little bit of flux, anywhere they flux runs to when heated will attract solder flow. So in this case less is more, especially since these aren't holding water. Try adding a little bit of flux to the pipe then inserting to the fitting and wipe away any that you can see before applying heat.
If you can solder so the pipe is horizontal this way if it drips it drips off not down the pipe. In the horizontal position apply heat only to the bottom. Once the top is hot enough apply a small amount of solder. The solder will wick to the hotter part of the pipe (bottom) and gravity will help. Test to see if it is hot enough by periodically tapping the top of the joint with the solder, it should melt right away, it it doesn't its not hot enough. Just remember a little goes a long way with flux and solder. To help solder flow down if you are having trouble with that you can drag the solder down with the solder wire to persuade it down but the heat should carry it. then clean off with a damp rag like mentioned. this will remove any lumps is you applied too much.
good luck
Carter Richardson
And how can I remove tiles without breaking drywall (or cement board, dunno) underneath them?
Caleb Murphy
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Anthony Ward
>use a little bit of flux, anywhere they flux runs to when heated will attract solder flow. So in this case less is more, especially since these aren't holding water. Try adding a little bit of flux to the pipe then inserting to the fitting and wipe away any that you can see before applying heat.
Well, I tried doing this... Or I should have wiped the place with alcohol?
Also I found out that 95/5 lead-free junk flows worse than 50/50 and it was way easier to control.
Alexander Gray
I knew people would bait on this :3
Colton Foster
I forgot to mention you may not need to wipe the joint, use that as a last resort. also make sure you are focusing the torch flame correctly. you want the inner cone to be just touch the pipe a bit, this is the hottest part. Keep in mind you can always, sand/compound and polish where the solder is that you don't want. Get a budding when for a drill and go to town, could probably use high grit sand paper to get the big stuff off then compound with car compound then finish with a metal polish.
Charles Gomez
If there is any residue it will still attract. Alcohol would help.
And yeah lead free junk always flows like shit. If this isn't going to be getting near anything you eat or drink (aka water pipe) then you are fine to use leaded and yeah that would help.
Jacob Sanders
When I said wipe the joint I meant while its hot. but you might just have to knock off the glob that forms on the bottom if that bothers you. Make sure its still hot when you do this. Keep the flame going the whole time you are applying the solder then quickly knock off the glob. but be careful because it may spread it too.
Blake Rodriguez
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Hudson Morales
Solder is kinda hard to sand. It is chewy. Especially lead-based one.
But polishing makes it look good. I found out that cleaning cream thing (Cif, abrasive cleaner) polishes copper just as well as car polish, and it cheaper.
>If there is any residue it will still attract. Alcohol would help.
Gonna try, I have some caps left.
>And yeah lead free junk always flows like shit.
95/5 flows OK-ish. I can live with it and use it in electronics and what not.
Chinkshit electronics solder doesn't flow for shit.
I ended up spreading it every time. Even when I tried to knock it off with bare finger.
Carson Perry
Nice.
Brandon Reyes
Yes, I should have cleaned the joint with booze.
Brody Edwards
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Ryan Sanders
This is lead-free btw. I think leaded one would still flow all over the place.
Easton Sanders
>tfw i love lead-free now.
Bentley Johnson
It really doesn't want to flow.
Fitting was fluxed heavily, and solder just didn't flow. Lead would cover everything
Jeremiah Bailey
fuck
Lincoln Cook
Dominic Rodriguez
female socket below then right amount of flux/heat.
Jaxon Stewart
Use a decent blow torch.
Agreed, don't use lead-free solder. After you draw the solder completely into the fitting. Use a wet rag to wipe away any extra solder.
Jack Bailey
>Use a decent blow torch.
I'm not sure if I need more power. I can anneal pipe 1/2 with it.
>Agreed, don't use lead-free solder.
I wouldn't agree, in this case fact that it doesn't flow as good is a good thing.
> After you draw the solder completely into the fitting. Use a wet rag to wipe away any extra solder.
This might work on real pipe, that is long and fixed to the wall, not towel hanger or that brush hanging thing, because wiping will turn the fitting, and you will have to he-head it again and move it back, and in meantime, solder just flows out of joint.
Tyler Davis
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Wyatt Myers
What herbs you wanted to grow
Wyatt Cooper
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Daniel Wood
fuck off
Xavier Ross
Made this a while age. My shelf has a lot of room in the back so I made to us up the space. It look like shit but the video game cover it up anyway.
Blake Green
Jose King
Just use push-fittings.
Christopher Phillips
I don't have them in my shithole. I don't even have compression or crimp fitting. Lead-bronze and copper is all I got
Joseph Taylor
I made a self sustaining bio-active enclosure for my gecko. Obviously I didnt make the tank itself, but I will be building a custom 300 gallon enclosure for my Chinese water dragon soon.
Oliver Baker
Nice... How did you stick acrylic? glass?
Connor Bailey
You could use small brass screws to fix it together. Would look much neater, and you could put them in places where you're unlikely to see them.