PM5K
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I'm trying to sweat a 1/2 coupler onto a 1/2 copper pipe. It's just for practice. The coupler and the pipe are both brand new, I cleaned them outside and inside with a wire brush and sandpaper. I put flux on the same areas, put them together, and then tried to sweat them.
The problem I run into is getting the solder to stick to the pipe. Mine seems to just melt into a big blob. I figure I'm close but I'm missing something small. Not enough flux? Temperature too hot? Something else?
TIA
The problem I run into is getting the solder to stick to the pipe. Mine seems to just melt into a big blob. I figure I'm close but I'm missing something small. Not enough flux? Temperature too hot? Something else?
TIA