Soldering new pipe to old painted pipe

[jaydebruyne]

any method of removing the paint will be fine. If its not to close to finished surface then use a torch to help ther paint peel/ loosen. A scraper, pair of grips or whatever to remove the major amount of paint then a abrasive to clean the metal surface. Wipe the pipe clean with a damp cloth and solder as normal.

If the pipework is full of water then a wet vac is prob the easiest and cleanest method to remove that last bit of wata. For some reason these job always seem on cream carpet.

use the flux your comfortable with, if you want to try another flux do so on fittings that are easier to replace/ fix on a less important job.

Thanks AW heating.. I'm having to cut quite close to the floor so I'm a little nervous about getting it wrong! But I'll take my time to make sure it goes ok

 

[PriestyUK]

Little tip:

If you have a pipe that you've cut into that runs vertically, say a pipe coming out of a floor to a rad and it still has abit of water in that can't be drained out. Grab a cleaning product bottle you know the ones that have a spray nozzle on them. Slide that down into the pipe and spray till theres nothing left. Then you can solder away

 

[drip-dry]

or one of these

Draper 18937 Drill-Powered Pump: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

handy little tool

 

[jam1979]

Then you've got spray all over mr blogs cream carpet or wall aha