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am I right in thinking all those who use the finger method are over 50 or dont have girlfriends!!!!!!!!!!!
With a tub of flux on the bedside cabinet.
Disclaimer: Your imagination not mine.
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am I right in thinking all those who use the finger method are over 50 or dont have girlfriends!!!!!!!!!!!
am I right in thinking all those who use the finger method are over 50 or dont have girlfriends!!!!!!!!!!!
With a tub of flux on the bedside cabinet.
Disclaimer: Your imagination not mine.
Eh? What's the reason for this ?
Tempting fate surely tamz!?
or my hands and make them fall apart?
yes thats why its tight but is laco suitable as a lubrcant or should i stick to templars? or is going in dry best?It's to do with future work hardening and material sag over certain lengths of table x, can also lead to dezincification and pitting of brass further down the line if excess flux is pushed into pipe roughly 535mm (21") or longer.
With a tub of flux on the bedside cabinet.
Disclaimer: Your imagination not mine.
You're taking that too far :lol:
Just to clear up my comment about the 21" or longer was complete balls I just made it up, I think most people knew it was in jest.
I think you may have made a few apprentices recite that......I believed ya..:yesnod:
There is an old saying.Oh, I asked him about fluxing and he said pipe only...
Its because when you push pipe into the fitting the excess flux gets pushed into the pipework system, if you put it onto the pipe you will see the excess seep out externally.I apply it just to the pipe and turn the fittings around on the pipe so it goes smoothly around everything,
The 2 blokes i work with both put it in the fitting and on the pipe, they teach at college NOT to put it in the fitting EVER,
not sure why!
I work with a bloke who does that every time and never gets leaks but i wouldnt feel confident doing it..also he has to heat it up really really slowly so the flux gets drawn in and not just burned off.I was watching a young plumber yesterday. We get provided with powerflow flux on site (i prefer la-co)
Anyway this lad didn't flux pipe or fittings. He assembled all joints dry then brushed flux around the joints and then sweat them up.
Never seen or heard anyone doing it this way. He says its because the powerflow flux makes it difficult to assemble joints and twist them etc when the acid bites. I know what he means this is why i hate powerflow flux.
I work with a bloke who does that every time and never gets leaks but i wouldnt feel confident doing it..also he has to heat it up really really slowly so the flux gets drawn in and not just burned off.
I was watching a young plumber yesterday. We get provided with powerflow flux on site (i prefer la-co)
Anyway this lad didn't flux pipe or fittings. He assembled all joints dry then brushed flux around the joints and then sweat them up.
Never seen or heard anyone doing it this way. He says its because the powerflow flux makes it difficult to assemble joints and twist them etc when the acid bites. I know what he means this is why i hate powerflow flux.
Is that because you only use plastic and flexis now then?
Too late posting, was replying to Danny,
right board now flux this,flux that i want answers to more serious questions,who craps them selfs when sweating up in the eves :winkiss:
I recall someone saying he was a student of Treloar's, sure it was a member of this forum.Does anyone dip the pipe in the flux? Tell me no ones ever done it just once to be rebellious....
...oh and I would love to meet R.D. Treloar. Imagine being his apprentice, you would be doing boiler houses in a day by 2nd year! Legend!
I recall someone saying he was a student of Treloar's, sure it was a member of this forum.
I think it was the old Yorkshire Fittings guide which stated flux should be applied sparingly to both surfaces to be soldered, and that is what I have always followed. Otherwise if you get any surfaces the flux does not run onto you risk non-adhesion
Ah but Yorkshire recommend flux inside their fittings and on the pipe.Why not just do it the way the copper development board recommend.
Flux the pipe only.
Fittings and pipe is a vote ahead. No one is going to argue with stalwarts like WHEPES and System3 are they?
So all you fittings only lot, mend your ways!
You've not had a single joint fail you yet....ever, ever?
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