Tjbaudio
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One way I remove water is to use an air compressor with a long wand. Watch your eyes and any thing else you dont want wet. The water can spray pretty far. I also open valves above and below my work zone.
Very true, and another suggestion is to remove the aerators before turning on the water, or if on a line for something that doesnt have an aerator, like a washing machine, or walk in shower, unscrew the washer hose and put the end in a bucket, or unscrew the showerhead so not to clog it. Oh, and I am not a pro at all, and in fact dumb as a rock with plumbing. Just passing along some things I was shown by a past friend.prashster said:One caveat on the bread advice: use white bread only - or bread with NO grains or seeds. You can clog an aerator if you use seeded or grainy bread.
master plumber mark said:
3 apply a liberal amount of OATY #95 flux to both
master plumber mark said:the stuff I use is the flux that comes in a GREEN can...
it is the non-water soluable......
.I thought it was Oaty #95...self tinning ..
the water soluable kinds of flux will cause nothing but
troulbes, and is very difficult to trust for soldering....
I know that it might be a sign that I am a sissy for useing tinning flux.........
but this is the best of the best.....
RUGGED said:https://terrylove.com/forums/showpost.php?p=89194&postcount=19
I buy a container like above, then fill those small tins since I don't work with copper every day.
frenchie said:You guys lost me on the topic of solder - way over my head - why the emphasis, "ah, TINNING flux" comment, Grumpy?
GrumpyPlumber said:I thought he meant Oatey #5, which is what I use...regular, water soluble flux.
prashster said:You're the pro, but I thought #5 and #95 are both petrolatum-based. Which'd mean they're not water soluble. Am I missing something?
frenchie said:Is that what that bit of silver's about? And here I thought crud must've gotten onto my cleaning brushes, or into my flux, and threw 'em both out.
Wish I was kidding. I'm still working off the containers of flux I inherited when a friend of mine cleaned out his shop, four or five years ago. His shop was always a mess, so...
So why was Mark worried about looking like a sissy?
RUGGED said:That self-cleaning flux is bad bad bad. It's a clear liquid with a small brush in the blue bottle. Guys think you can just brush that on a pipe that was never sanded and that's where all the leaks start happening.
I use tinning flux because of how it spreads so thin whereby you can eliminate the buildup of flux inside the fitting......where it can cause all kinds of problems. Other fluxes have a tendency to separate or glob when the climate is hot, or pratically impossible to use when in cold climate.
You can pick up those pre-soldered fittings extremely cheap at HD now; they have been dropping the prices now for months. I was offered to buy around 6000 fittings but the offer was a joke at 14 cents a piece. Lower!!
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