How to Solder copper Pipe and repipe home Part 3

[epidemia2007]

HI,I WOULD LIKE WHAT THE NAME OF THE GLOVES YOU ARE WEARING TO DO THE SOLDERING.THANK YOU.

[plumberx]

@epidemia2007 Sure there just Brown Jerzey gloves that you can pick up at any of The Home Depot.

[MsEtrock]

Very helpfull thanks

[plumberx]

@MsEtrock Cool Glade I could help. Thank you for the comment

[lucasmorter]

i need to tap into my gas line as it has been run directly from the main outside through iron pipe directly to the furnace. i want to tap into that line in the middle somewhere ar make a run off to the other side of the room so that i can set up my brand new dryer. any chance you dould run through the process of tapping into a gas line with black pipe?

[ChueyMr11]

Any preference to flux type?

General purpose flux

Paste flux

Water soluable flux

tinning flux

Is tinning flux really necesary for the once a year event when i have to pre-tin???

[ChueyMr11]

I am using Lenox flux and solder from Lowes. Mapp gas benzo torch. (non adjustible flame). I ran out of Map gas a few days ago and went back to using propane, and guess what!!! 90% perfect solder joints???/ Go figure

i'm going back to propane,

[plumberx]

@ChueyMr11 Cool its all about what works for you.

[ChueyMr11]

OK, I'm cleaning the fittings, applying and wiping off exsess flux and tapping heated connection with solder until capilary action takes place!

I am at a 50% sucsess rate.

Why do some of the beads of solder go around the pipe perfectly and other times I end up with a bunch of craters and flux residu on soldered joint.

Reheating and adding more solder does not improve appearence.

Same solder and flux

I'm getting there!!!

[plumberx]

@ChueyMr11 Uhmmm. Are you using the right solder? Me I use NOKORODE flux. and make sure that you do strir up the flux if it's been seating for some time. And you do wipe the excess of after you put the fitting and pipe to gether? Just checking you never know. I say this because it sounds almost has if you soldering with out flux.

[ChueyMr11]

I have been applying heat to both the fitting and the pipe when I solder.

If both are at the same temp. capilary action might not happen??.

I'll direct most of the flame towards the fitting next time.

It appears it is not nesessary to apply heat evenly around the whole connection?

[plumberx]

@ChueyMr11 What I do is apply the fire to the pipe and fitting back and forth when I'm ready to solder I focus on the fittling your right. It just works faster when you heat them both up at the same time to start out. :-) Sounds like you got the hang of it Cool

[ChueyMr11]

Am I out of sequence when i do verticle soldering, I always solder the upper connection first. Then on to the lower connection where all the flux has dripped down to the floor. I end up adding more flux to heated connection , more heat . then some of the solder goes into the joint/

I'll try the lower conection first.

[plumberx]

@ChueyMr11 Yea there you go, Your right start with the lower fitting first.

[ChueyMr11]

Verticle soldering has always been a nightmare for me, gravity overcomes capilary action. (molten solder drips down to the floor) You make it look so easy,

Am i putting to much flux??

Too much heat??

Capilary action doesn't work for me!

[plumberx]

@ChueyMr11 Lol I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing with you. I do understand gravity can be a hender some times. First make sure you do have some safty glasses on when soldering copper pipe in the verticle position.

Turn the heat down and little keep taping the pipe with the solder untile you see the solder being suck ( capilary action ) into the copper fitting then pull the touch back keep solder on fitting as the solder starts to flow around wipe the solder up into the fitting.

[plumberx]

@plumberx Put the fire back on to the copper fitting going back and forth as needed to control the flow of the solder. Like any thing els practice. Don't feel bad I still get solder falling to the ground. One other thing after you put the flux on the pipe and fitting wipe the excess flux off and your solder so that the solder will not run every were. Good luck freind and thank you for the comment. this may help some one els out there.

[JuOn666]

Thanks for this video!!

[isobelfaure]

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[plumberx]

@isobelfaure HUH? LOL you may be on the wrong videos channels. But that's ok. :-)

[matdur2000]

@plumberx i think your plumbing is beautiful. thank you. ps i like rimmel too

[matdur2000]

@plumberx i think your plumbing is beautiful. thank you. ps i like rimmel too. dont tell my wife

[JuOn666]

@isobelfaure What the hell are you talking about!!

[101nagen]

If you use mapp gas you should becarful with inclosed spaces as the fumes give you cancer.

[plumberx]

@101nagen Thank you for the important info. This is good to know. I didn't know this. I will look into this again thanks my friend.

[JuOn666]

@101nagen large doses of any thing can give you cancer!!

[101nagen]

@JuOn666

Didnt say anything about large doses, its a known fact that mapp fumes are a carcinogen. Its actually banned from use in a fair amount of places now.

[mafiasys]

i dont tink it's necesary to have o certain type of gas, it's important that you have the flame hot enough

grea video.

[plumberx]

@mafiasys Well said. Thank you for the comment.

[1cleandude]

What type of gas do you need to solder?

[muh1h1]

@1cleandude i think its a 50:59 mix of oxygenium and nitrogenium, but i really dont know...

i am from germany, so im even not sure about the translation xD

ich denke es ist mischung aus nitrogenium (stickstoff) und oxygenium (sauerstoff) aber ich bin mir nicht sicher!