With a tub of flux on the bedside cabinet.
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How do you apply your flux?
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With a tub of flux on the bedside cabinet.
Disclaimer: Your imagination not mine.
Got a few years to go before I'm qualified to answer that one dude, but no complaints so far!!
And a 22mm bending spring! Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's to do with future work hardening and material sag over certain lengths of table x, can also lead to dezincification and pitting of brass further down the line if excess flux is pushed into pipe roughly 535mm (21") or longer.
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tamz
Touch wood if i get a leak tomorrow it is the boys fault and he'd better run :lol:
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tamz
Keep off the everflux. That bites into even my hands!
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Billy Bob Bob
yes thats why its tight but is laco suitable as a lubrcant or should i stick to templars? or is going in dry best?
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tamz
You're taking that too far :lol:
That's what she said.
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tamz
She'll need to get used to you bringing your work home with you :lol:
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lame plumber
this threads gone down hill since my contribution🙂
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DustyM
Just the pipe for me; after it and the fitting have been thoroughly cleaned.......again the way I was taught !
Now read through the rest of the thread and realised we have somewhat diluted the original topic......:blush2:
Now read through the rest of the thread and realised we have somewhat diluted the original topic......:blush2:
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woodytheplumber
just the pipe normally with my finger havnt used a brush since i lost my last one about a year ago!
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kay-jay
Pipe only 🙂
Just to clear up my comment about the 21" or longer was complete balls I just made it up, I think most people knew it was in jest.
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Whyme
I think you may have made a few apprentices recite that......I believed ya..:yesnod:
I just finished screaming at R.D. Treloar over the phone accusing him of leaving this vital information out of his book - PLUMBING 4th Edition, he called me a wacko. Thanks a lot TerryWaite! :32:
Oh, I asked him about fluxing and he said pipe only...
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tamz
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kay-jay
I was watching a young plumber yesterday. We get provided with powerflow flux on site (i prefer la-co)
Anyway this lad didn't flux pipe or fittings. He assembled all joints dry then brushed flux around the joints and then sweat them up.
Never seen or heard anyone doing it this way. He says its because the powerflow flux makes it difficult to assemble joints and twist them etc when the acid bites. I know what he means this is why i hate powerflow flux.
Anyway this lad didn't flux pipe or fittings. He assembled all joints dry then brushed flux around the joints and then sweat them up.
Never seen or heard anyone doing it this way. He says its because the powerflow flux makes it difficult to assemble joints and twist them etc when the acid bites. I know what he means this is why i hate powerflow flux.
payney1974
Gas Engineer
Its because when you push pipe into the fitting the excess flux gets pushed into the pipework system, if you put it onto the pipe you will see the excess seep out externally.
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Bunker
I only fit pipes when I'm sitting
I flux dip the end if the solder
I wipe it on pipe AND the fitting
But I'll finger it when I'm much older.
I flux dip the end if the solder
I wipe it on pipe AND the fitting
But I'll finger it when I'm much older.
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Centralheatking
pipe & fitting with my finger, then i wipe my fingers on my jeans, then on my fleece
some usually ends up in my nose and on to the steering wheel and then I have to clean the transit seat afterwards. Finally it gets on the door knob at home and some ends up on my office chair. after leaving some on the hand rail on the stairs - office on 3rd floor. some ended up on Sams babygrow when he was little
centralheatking
some usually ends up in my nose and on to the steering wheel and then I have to clean the transit seat afterwards. Finally it gets on the door knob at home and some ends up on my office chair. after leaving some on the hand rail on the stairs - office on 3rd floor. some ended up on Sams babygrow when he was little
centralheatking
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Whyme
I work with a bloke who does that every time and never gets leaks but i wouldnt feel confident doing it..also he has to heat it up really really slowly so the flux gets drawn in and not just burned off.
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Centralheatking
Nice idea - i will try this - seems a really less messy way to do things
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