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rockycmt
05-06-2009, 11:43 AM
I have a few very tight space solder jobs to do. I have to protect 2 things:
1- drwyall
2-an electrical wire.
What are some good materials to use to do this. I have done the foil thing in the past but that last like 5 seonds before you are through it.
SewerRatz
05-06-2009, 11:46 AM
I have a few very tight space solder jobs to do. I have to protect 2 things:
1- drwyall
2-an electrical wire.
What are some good materials to use to do this. I have done the foil thing in the past but that last like 5 seonds before you are through it.
The foil with cool gel. http://www.laco.com/videoPlayer.aspx
plumbingskool
05-06-2009, 02:59 PM
Try to also point the fire / heat away from the walls, You only need to heat the pipe in one spot and then you can draw the solder to it.
Hope that helps, but also, I have heard good things about that cool gel!
Redwood
05-06-2009, 05:25 PM
Cool Gel is good stuff!
I bought it or a similar product the first time about 6 or 7 years ago and have been using it ever since.
At one of the Manufacturer Demo Days at the local supply house a rep was showing it off and I was invited to hold a torch to a coated C-Note...
It did not burn and everybody that saw that bought some. A very impressive demonstration if you ask me...
Another good product is a flame protector cloth. These are non-asbestos usually ceramic fiber cloth... Thanks NASA!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Redwood39/31400B.jpg
In this day and age there is no excuse for BBQ'ing a house...:eek:
kingsotall
05-06-2009, 09:12 PM
Try to also point the fire / heat away from the walls
A lot easier to do when you have a 5 foot torch hose rather than a turbo torch attahced to a can of mapp or propane.
cwhyu2
05-06-2009, 09:15 PM
A lot easier to do when you have a 5 foot torch hose rather than a turbo torch attahced to a can of mapp or propane.
And that is a fact!
plumbingskool
05-06-2009, 09:21 PM
A lot easier to do when you have a 5 foot torch hose rather than a turbo torch attahced to a can of mapp or propane.
True True :D
plumbingskool
05-06-2009, 09:25 PM
Here is a picture of me doing a "close" one for a neighbor :D
Well not that close but awkward at the least :)
http://wetheadmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/2009/05/sweating-the-copper-coupling.jpg
rmelo99
05-06-2009, 09:32 PM
I'd go for the cool gel. I picked a couple bottled up at the HD a few years ago. When I went back for more they were no where to be found. The great employees there ofcourse had no clue what I was talking about when I asked for it!!
kingsotall
05-06-2009, 10:12 PM
The great employees there ofcourse had no clue what I was talking about when I asked for it!!
Smockman cluless¿ nooooo.... :rolleyes:
:p
A lot easier to do when you have a 5 foot torch hose rather than a turbo torch attahced to a can of mapp or propane.
Yes in deed...
I use the silicone burn blanket. As for the picture of the joint being made, propane?, and is that a pencil flame tip? If so, is that Fred Flintstone doing the soldering?
nhmaster
05-07-2009, 12:36 PM
Cool Gel is good stuff!
I bought it or a similar product the first time about 6 or 7 years ago and have been using it ever since.
At one of the Manufacturer Demo Days at the local supply house a rep was showing it off and I was invited to hold a torch to a coated C-Note...
It did not burn and everybody that saw that bought some. A very impressive demonstration if you ask me...
Another good product is a flame protector cloth. These are non-asbestos usually ceramic fiber cloth... Thanks NASA!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Redwood39/31400B.jpg
In this day and age there is no excuse for BBQ'ing a house...:eek:
I done got a bunch o dem. they works good yes indeed. About 15 bucks at the orange store.