They ok for a few times bud but not worth the money. Get the strips!! wire wool only ends up stuck in your fingers anyways
thanks think ill stick with the strips then
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They ok for a few times bud but not worth the money. Get the strips!! wire wool only ends up stuck in your fingers anyways
Cut your own strips off a 5metre roll from toolstation. Costs less than 6quidthanks think ill stick with the strips then
Steam will not be a bother as long as it stops steaming as you solder. Don't solder a fitting if water is able to keep coming up close to the fitting.
Yorkshire type fittings have a few disadvantages compared with end feed -
1 they tend to be more dirty & require more cleaning
2 they are dirty behind the solder ring
3 they have the groove where the ring of solder is & that groove breaks the capillary action (which will stop you end feeding solder vertically)
4 they have only a lead free ring of solder inside them which is harder to solder & not needed for heating pipes.
My guess is you are overheating the fitting which would explain why you say the top joint of a tee piece is leaking. Try to clean everything first thoroughly & flux well & then keep adding dot of flux on the end of the solder wire as you heat. Just heat until the solder melts (your solder wire tip melting will show correct heat reached) & do not heat much more than a few seconds - literally one or two seconds extra! If you need to keep reworking the joint, pull the flame away from the fitting rather than constantly blasting it with heat.
15mm & 22mm require very little power to heat them & I used butane for years & it was plenty.
Propane is however faster & good for damp pipes.
Mapp gas is good,if you use it correctly....same as most things
I always use propane. Much neater joint IMO. Then mapp if there is water or larger pipework.
I prefer propane I've found map over heats the pipe and Yorkshires don't solder as nice with map, but use map for bigger pipes or endfeed
..........., also my laps a bit vicious looking to get a superfire2
Dam auto correct , I meant to say "lamps"Whats your "laps"?
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