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Anyone have any suggestions???
I am trying to sweat pipe in my basement.
The solder I picked up from Lowes is at least 85% chinese coat hanger I'm f'ing positive of it.
This is drinking water so lead is bad...
Anyone ever do this and NOT have the solder fail?
Copper has been cleaned, fluxed, using a propane torch, plenty of heat...
This lead free stuff is JUNK! It refuses to leave a clean bead of solder. It looks like I was throwing hot solder at the pipe from across the room. Can't get a 'bead' around the lip of the pipe at all. Like a bad welder was at this thing!
I've been soldering for a few decades so I have a decent idea of how this is supposed to go and I have successfully plumbed baseboard decades ago so again, not a stranger to this process.
Is it me?
I can see inside the pipe that the solder appears to have made a seal but it looks like a child did the job.
I am trying to sweat pipe in my basement.
The solder I picked up from Lowes is at least 85% chinese coat hanger I'm f'ing positive of it.
This is drinking water so lead is bad...
Anyone ever do this and NOT have the solder fail?
Copper has been cleaned, fluxed, using a propane torch, plenty of heat...
This lead free stuff is JUNK! It refuses to leave a clean bead of solder. It looks like I was throwing hot solder at the pipe from across the room. Can't get a 'bead' around the lip of the pipe at all. Like a bad welder was at this thing!
I've been soldering for a few decades so I have a decent idea of how this is supposed to go and I have successfully plumbed baseboard decades ago so again, not a stranger to this process.
Is it me?
I can see inside the pipe that the solder appears to have made a seal but it looks like a child did the job.