When soldering copper in the basement, I shut off the main water supply line to the house and open up all taps in the house, but the water seems to keep dripping forever - making it impossible to solder.
The only thing that I have found to alleviate this problem is to stuff some compacted bread into the copper line to hold back the water long enough to solder and then flush out the debris afterward. Really low tech solution - and my guess is that the pro's would probably frown on this.
I have often wondered how the pro's deal with this problem? Blow out the lines with compressed air? Anyone care to comment?
Don
The only thing that I have found to alleviate this problem is to stuff some compacted bread into the copper line to hold back the water long enough to solder and then flush out the debris afterward. Really low tech solution - and my guess is that the pro's would probably frown on this.
I have often wondered how the pro's deal with this problem? Blow out the lines with compressed air? Anyone care to comment?
Don