Master Plumber Mark
Sensitivity trainer and plumber of mens souls
Thar rule is bogus....lay it on thick and wipe off the excess
Cass----
I would like to hang the fellow who thought up that rule
by his short hairs...........
you would not believe how many times I have had to
follow around my employees and relaitves and fix their leaks
only hours after they have done the job....
and they argue with me about this stupid rule too...
I tell them that the solder is much, much cheaper than the
35 mile one way trip back out to the home at 9pm the very
same night.....(which I always end up doing)
All this rule does is insure that you will not completely fill up the copper joint...
Soldering something just barely good enough to
last 5 hours is truely a special skill that ....cannot be taught
its actually some sort of " half--assed " -- "three stooges " talent.....
you could not make a "timed released " leak happen
so your boss would have to go back out that night.
even if you wanted to......
and it seems that the dumb-asses I deal with every
day fall back on that rule when they create a leak....
I say ......
lay on the solder thick, let it drip once or twice
onto a rag ....then wipe off the excess solder with a rag ....
you will never fail if you use plenty of solder
and you use Oatey #5 tinning flux........
its much cheaper than the trip back out
and the ire of your boss
....
.
The "rule" of a 1/2" fitting using 1/2" of solder may work for 1/2 and 3/4" pipe but I would like to see someone solder 1 side of a 1.5" copper coupling with 1.5" of solder
Cass----
I would like to hang the fellow who thought up that rule
by his short hairs...........
you would not believe how many times I have had to
follow around my employees and relaitves and fix their leaks
only hours after they have done the job....
and they argue with me about this stupid rule too...
I tell them that the solder is much, much cheaper than the
35 mile one way trip back out to the home at 9pm the very
same night.....(which I always end up doing)
All this rule does is insure that you will not completely fill up the copper joint...
Soldering something just barely good enough to
last 5 hours is truely a special skill that ....cannot be taught
its actually some sort of " half--assed " -- "three stooges " talent.....
you could not make a "timed released " leak happen
so your boss would have to go back out that night.
even if you wanted to......
and it seems that the dumb-asses I deal with every
day fall back on that rule when they create a leak....
I say ......
lay on the solder thick, let it drip once or twice
onto a rag ....then wipe off the excess solder with a rag ....
you will never fail if you use plenty of solder
and you use Oatey #5 tinning flux........
its much cheaper than the trip back out
and the ire of your boss
....
.
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