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  • Going to viewdo.com comes up with "Nothing to see here. " What gives?

  • I went to a job interview yesterday and the guy asked me if i knew how to sweat a pipe. I said yes... It's as easy as I figured

  • Thank you!!

  • ну ппц! удивил! спаять медь припоем), каждый школьник сможет)) лучше алюминий спаяй так)) будет интереснее:)

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  • This was a great how-to video!  Very well explained and easy to follow. Thanks!

  • Quite good. You showed how to solder the pipes but you didn't show how to sweat them.

  • press 1,3 and 8 to do a remix!!!

  • gr8 video thx 

  • Thank you for helping us, our pipes froze and we desperately needed someone to show us how to temporarily cap the .5" pipe. Why do these people criticise a YOU TUBE VIDEO?? If they really knew what they were doing they would have a job instead of wanking it on the internet all day. Fuqueers. Thanks man!

  • u kinda waited to long to add the solder but other then that good job

  • what i like to do when cleaning copper piping is if the pipe is small enough(3/4,1/2) i use a car battery terminal cleaner to clean the outside its faster than emory cloth( i think so) and can be used more

  • Thanks, I've just started sweat soldering and after watching this video I've been using WAYY too much solder. It looks like you need to use like 1/2" of solder at most off the spool. I was probably applying almost 2 inches, drenching it, but it still works. Just not as pro-like.

  • Thanks. Good clear video highlighting most of the important  points.

    One other point is dont move the joint while very hot as this may produce a dry joint.

    Second point (on small bore pipe) is to take the flame away just before touching the solder to the joint. If it is at correct temp it will run and you will not get that unsightly drip on one side.

    Thirdly, the solder should show as a continuous bevel ring between the end of fitting and the tube. Hope this helps.

  • Dosn't take long with a better torch head than what your using here mate. Turbo torch, brazing torch (Single gas) rothenberger ect ect ect. Pencil torch head is almost useless for anything larger than 1/2" A brazing torch head for 25 bucks will have that fitting smokin in 20 seconds water or vice or not. Yellow color about 200 deg C, meaning flux melts, shortly after, time to solder. Good video though, Cheers. IC Trade welder.

  • look i dont know about you guys but using lead base solder will kill you. its called heavy metal poisonning or lead poisonning from drinking it! if your going to solder copper tube on a potable water line use silver solder. yes it needs a little more heat than LPG can give but map gas would do the job. oh and dont use sand paper to clean the tube as the gum or glue of the paper leaves a residue when heated tarishes the tube and prevents good metal flow, so use steel wool (dry steel wool).

  • what have you done to your hand, broken it or something

  • @dracel10 Wrestling people who ask stupid questions.... BAZZINNG!!

  • @DaBigKoasta I was just asking you nimrod

  • its called >>> soldering,,, signed >> a 40 year pipetradesmen

  • Had Plumber show me how to do this years ago. Haven't had much opportunity to put it into practice but have a bunch of galvanized pipe in my home that I am going to replace with copper. This was a great refresher, I especially like the fact that you took the connection apart to show how well the solder flows into the joint. Nicely done. Thank you

  • boring

  • Very useful. Thanks! (and don't bother with the idiots)

  • how come the guy making this video didn't tell us to put welding goggles on?

  • @applefan236 cause you're not welding!!!

  • @applefan236 you dont need welding goggles to solder copper pipes

  • @Ditre when you receive a hot flux or red hot piece of molten solder in the eye I bet you gonna regret writing your comment . remember :" play safe wear goggles"

  • @adamson001 welding goggles are for welding, they are heavily tinted and since soldering doesn't blind you for not wearing tinted eye wear it only becomes a disadvantage. also, playing it safe would mean NOT standing under the part your swetting and wearing the RIGHT safety goggles

  • @adamson001 Welding goggles are for WELDING where your using a source of heat that gives off a light that is bright enough to damage your eyes (Oyx/Acetelne, Arc, MIG, TIG, etc, not soldering w/propane. Safety goggles simply protect your eyes from things getting into your eyes. This may be pointing out the obvious (it would be to most people) but you're using the wrong terms.

  • @Soulrider2012 i wrote my comment for someone who said that goggles are useless to solder copper pipes, i did not mean tinted ones , I always wear regular ones even when using a hammer

  • can i use a hair brush???

  • Hacks like this are the reason pipes leak.

    Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

  • @patrickmmonahan actualy this is not a hack....this is the method to sweat copper pipes...i saw this many thime

  • thank you for the tutorial - i found it very helpful. i especially liked how you drew the parts apart to show us how the solder was sucked in. again, thank you for the play by play :)

  • He did everything wrong. That is not how you check if the solder took. You have to cut it in half and tear the pieces off. This guy is a hack and needs some schooling.

  • "sweating" is the term used to describe taking apart an old copper system, "soldering" means connecting new pipes

  • Nice video

  • He needs to go the hardware store and by the right material for the job. Like a 1/2 inch wire brush and sand cloth instead of the sand paper he has. Sand cloth is a finer mesh and cleans the fitting properly. Sand paper is for carpenters.

  • I don't know why people are degrading your post.

    You are right. Sandpaper is not the proper abrasive. He should use emery cloth. In addition, a deburring tool is much more effective than a file.

    I stock in my garage, sandpaper and emery cloth ranging from 80 grit all the way to 1600 grit. I never use sandpaper for metal.

  • @brianjherr

    because you my friend are a true and well trained plumber. The ones who degraded my posts are probably carpenters who wished they were plumbers. Ha ha

  • @brianjherr

    Plus the guy did not even ream the pipe. Bad bad badly trained dudes teaching plumbing. He should use the proper tools for the job. You should not have to force the cleaning brush in it should be the right size. A tooth brush? What the hell? and yo are supossed to solder from the bottom up not the other way around. and that is not the way to test your pipe to see if the solder took. What happen to his hand clumsy guy ha ha.

  • @arielattacks,

    Oh well, At least when the crappy joint leaks it will create a job for a proper plumber to do. haha

  • @arielattacks wow get a life you idiot.. wheres your how to video at

  • @arielattacks Why not wire wool?

  • thank you for your informative post

  • This vid was uploaded on my birthday xD

  • .

    Excelente

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  • are the gloves necessary during cleaning and flux application?

  • do break you hand or someting?

  • Thanks for this video. I've dabbled in soldering electrical connections as a kid, but after my dad passed our water heater went out, and it was up to me to replace it. I basically did the exact thing you did, just seemed to be the right way to do it (I didn't have help or advice at all). It worked fine.

  • good teaching

  • i want to try this but i cant find sauder in my hardare store, do you not mean solder? oh and just a quick tip, pipe slices are only cheap and powerflow flux gets rid of the need to piss about with sand paper, im amazed how fast you work

  • he does mean solder its just the accent

  • does any body else hear thunder?

  • sounds more like a strong wind blast

  • ahhh true

  • thanks, really neat!

  • Good how-to vid, thanks!

  • dont get it.

  • Me too.... I don't know how do you use it that thing that this guy is making... What's the point in this video?

  • stfu pikachu wombat, i read the comment, waited half an hour and then checked my closet, guess what i found? Sweet F-A (f**k all) you need to get a life, regardless of wether your actually scared of what you read before your comment.

  • No I dont chill! THats spam ! :(

  • where to buy to propane torch and solder wires and flux? Thank you

  • a store?

  • Fail.

  • what does too much solder cause? why is it bad?

  • Good vid., only thing I would add is sometimes map gas,verses propane, will make a faster and better joint. It gets hotter faster and if you are pressed for time you can dip your joint in a bucket of water to speed cooling.

  • Yeah, MAPP is amazing compared to propane, but don't use it with your old nozzle made for propane, or else you wont see any difference. Buy one made for MAPP, there a little more expensive. II cut my sweating time in half with it.

  • omg, he was making one solder almost 6 minutes, i do that in half of minute

    he complicating too much, but he knows the right way to sweat a pipe

  • lol at first i thought the title said " how to sweet pie" i was like what?

  • lol at first i thought that your comment was going to be relevant to the video i was like what?

  • wtf?

  • My comments above where supposed to be replies to two different users, I don't know why they showed up first.

  • what do you mean by showed up first?

  • I'm 16, my Gramma has a hunting camp in North Western Pa. The Plumbing in there was all PVC, then my gramma wanted a shower and water heater installed. I watched this video, and others, then ran 40' of copper line and replaced all the existing plumbing. She called a plumber to check my work, he said that my sweating was almost perfect (some had a little to much solder) so, he offered me an Apprenticeship. Its pretty sweet Thanks for the video.

  • Nice one mate! Hope it goes well

  • dude. that's hardcore!

  • thanks for posting, it helped, and pay no attention to the other "experts" who always know more than you do! thanks again.

  • Awesome instruction! Thank you.

  • you guys are all dipshits so stop argueing and just say something nice about the guy

  • Also, dont listen to Terror Trooper.... You cannot use a damp rag, it must be dry to wipe the joint. a damp reg will only stick to the fitting as it cools it

  • I cant see why you just couldn't of said something positive. this guy is trying to help people. Why don't you make your own video or a response showing people exactly how you do it!

  • You are absoloutly right.... You go ahead and do your soldering EXACTLY like he shows you..... After all it's your house Dipstick

  • I was just making a comment, that on every video i go on, it just shows a bunch of negative comments, then you have professionals like your self come on and criticize people trying to help others. couldn't you of just came in and made a comment on how to do it right without having to be so negative. or posted a video response on how to do it right?

  • piss off

  • So, for the third time, sorry for not being PC but if you look back at my posts I never once said anything bad about the man himself, only the "really lousy display of soldering" in the video and that people chould be careful to teach people the proper way to do things that can have an effect on a persons health by way of their drinking water. This is something licensed plumbers take VERY seriously. What if it were a gas line???? Get my point? Liberals like Hatefuel cant understand this

  • I'm not a liberal you prick! If people want to cut corners and poison themselves that's fine with me! 2nd off if you are stupid enough to hold a blow torch to a gas line you deserve to die. This is called natural selection. This is exactly like saying: yep, I'm going to change a breaker box whilst being soaking wet, being wrapped in aluminum, without getting the electric company to turn the power off. "code" And lastly most people will research what they will do from various sources!

  • not just you tube. oh and the hate fuel thing, its fueled on on hate not, i hate burning fuel. Couldn't care less about the polar bears or a big carbon foot print!

  • I followed his video and it seemed to work okay on my pipes. Beats calling in a plumber and paying 300 dollars to do something that cost me 12 bucks.

  • Thats terriffic!.... My purpose of commenting was not to insult the man who posted the video but rather to add to his video by correctly stating that he was soldering incorrectly and not wiping his joints. Pretty much every other part of his video is right on the money and this guy should be commended for trying to help people save a buck!! However, in this day and age, the politically correct crowd is always insulted when you point out a mistake, they call it "mean spirited" if you do.

  • Also, it is necessary to then wipe the joint with a clean, dry rag to wipe away the excess flux. Failure to do this will cause the flux to turn green over a period of a few months and can lead to deterioration of the joint sorry to be overly critical but it annoys me when I see people that attempt to "teach" something that they cannot do correctly themselves

  • As a plumbing instructor I am amazed at the really lousy display of soldering by this guy. When you begin heating the pipe you never move the flame around both the fitting and pipe as he did. In order to cause the solder to be drawn into the fitting it is necessary to apply the heat to the shoulder of the fitting only,(Located at the back of the fitting where the pipe bottoms out into the fitting)

  • I liked this video because he did not use his fingers to apply the flux. Your body oils will contaminate the flux and pipe joint which will producing a faulty joint.

    I was taught that when a drop of solder falls from the joint the soldering is complete.

  • Thank you- To the point - No - Bull-Sh- So many sites that make you jump through hoops- I took note of your sponsor and will consider based on your help

  • i have to say it.

    But i agree with Freedom4u2talk.

    You shouldnt use sandpaper as it leaves grit that can cause a poor soldered joint.

    And you should always wipe the joint with a damp cloth, as if your flux is an active (acidic) flux, it will cause pinholes a few years down the line as it remains active at room temperature.

    Also, a lot of resentment here over plumbers prices, our accreditations (ie. gas.) cost a lot to maintain.

    Theres a lot more to pluming than just joining bits of pipe.

  • dude to be a plumber you have to know two things, shit runs downhill and paydays friday.

  • Very nicely done. Thank you for this. I may need to do this soon.

  • well done. thanks

  • Wish my dad took your advice before he fucked up our bathroom.. -_-*

  • why not buy a pipe?

  • ahahhah

  • Post a how to video then, This guy did a great job to show amateurs how to sweat pieces together. I am no plumber, but I think he did a good job explaining the main points.

  • Good Job. You have done a lot better than most how to videos using a lot of detail which helps those that are doing this for the first time. Can you do a video on sweating a brass ball valve to copper pipe? Thanks

  • dont smoke out of copper...

  • i take it you got lockjaw?

  • Wow, that work really good.

  • Hey, thanks for the vid, I'm headed out to the garage now to try it out.

  • kind regards. well described.

  • ur vids rock!

  • If you want you can put some bread inside the pipe to stop the water drip, just long enough to get the pipe hot. The bread will then get soft and flow out when the wather supply is back on.... O .. Turn off the water 1st...

  • VAFFANCULO!

  • I can't believe I watched this one also. No more. Folks, use a flux brush, emery cloth, a correct size fitting brush, pencil reamer. Roll out solder about a foot, put a little curve on it. Heat and solder lower fittings first. If there is water in the line, try to get some of it out (I don't care what you use, straw, tube but get the water out and away from your solder connection (heat the water out don't work, u end up causing steam blowing out of the joint as your trying to solder))

  • Sandpaper leaes too much powder residue! Use emory cloth(designed for cleaning copper/brass fittings etc).

  • Pour transmission fluid on bread then insert it into the pipe for a tight joint with no leaks.

  • dude fuck sand paper use emry cloth

  • markv33 if the only way you can get work is to turn in DIYers you suck it doesnt take 4 years of college glue and solder pipes.CARMA will come back and bite you in the A##

  • a lot of licensed master plumbers actually have apprentices (non journeymen) doing the work on rough and trim. it is not brain surgery.

  • No its not "rocket science""your not building a watch" lol I have 2 years untill im a Journyman. How is a Doctor and a plumber the same in there jobs? they both bury their mistakes.

  • Dude, it's "Do it yourself." Not "Have someone doing malpractice on something for someone else."

  • i fix my own car its doesnt stop at just replacing breaks, im an aprentice plumber, but i do my own work in my house, i use my brain and actually teach my self how to do things the right way, licences are in a way there to deter ppl grom fixing something, and there also there for those who get in a jam and rely on insurance to get them out of a problem (house repairs example) use common sence use your head

  • Shut the hell up markv33!

    Your just one of those anal Fecel for brains people who are paranoid

  • I'm sorry. I didn't realize that every word and comment had to be perfect? Is this how you spell "ASSHOLE"? Because that sir, is what you are.

  • That's pretty weak markv33. By the way, why don't you take a DIY course in how to spell simple words in English. . . like "license."

  • ok...use the solder to spread the flux..its easier and cleans the solder (and pipe) more, and it is sooo easy to do, put a lot of solder on to make sure its all gone in the pipe to save yourself doing it again..its a pain. i can do it and im 15...yay.

  • take a damp cloth and wipe the copper pipe after you solder it. It give it a nice clean looking finish.

  • Wow, that work really good.

  • Only an idiot would solder water piping with tin. Always solder copperpipes with copper to make solid and long lasting result.

  • Yeah this is true on larger projects, but then it's not soldering, it's brazing and it takes way more heat and you run the risk of melting your copper pipe since you're having to heat the copper "solder". On simple small jobs, tin solder works just great.

  • every single joint in canada is dont with a tin solder. who uses copper anymore anyways, for res its all pex.

  • Thank you so much "ViewDo". Great Video!

  • I hope they use lead free solder, and, dont cram the flux all the way in, otherwise you'll turn your water on and have flux particles coming into your nice iced tea...

  • Yes...very useful, informative video. I work around a lot of industrial refridgeration and use the 'Pro Press' system on copper pipe and tubing. It uses special copper fittings with a rubber Oring which is crimped on using a cordless jaw type press. Good for up to one and a half inch pipe, real fast and leak free with no heat or solder.

  • dis is maaadddddddddddddddddddddddddd­dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd­ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd yeh rite a load a CRAP

  • Always call a liscenced master plumber for all your plumbing needs.

  • you a master plumber? cause a do it yourself person can do this, but then the master plumber wouldn't be able to charge so much...