I liked how you turned the pipe a little to spread the heat more evenly. I learnt something today and I've only been plumbing about 40 years. Thanks bro. 😮
Yeah but Stephen here gave me an idea, I’m about to try that right now actually, I found this short video accidentally as I was looking for a slightly different video just before the final step and just prior to firing up mr torch, because it seems like it makes sense that I could heat the bottom, which unfortunately the only side of my brass fitting that I can access, because it is in a ceiling and also a small access opening in the drywall, and then after heating it for a while twist it around and finish with that previous bottom part of the fitting now on the upper part of the pipe to make it easier to more evenly heat a difficult to access fitting. Sorry for explaining the obvious. Goodbye now I’m giving it a shot 😅
I can appreciate the way he used the pipe to hold his pliers and hooked the solder onto a pipe. Over the years I have become somewhat creative in using my surroundings to hold my tools also!
I personally would have cleaned out the fitting, then flux. Just my preference and how I was taught. Great flame control, btw. Nice to see guys wiping down the joints. 👌
Fitting brush cut and chucked into my cordless drill and used as soon as the old pipe was removed while hub was still hot. This fitting would have been cleaned all the way to bare copper in the hub before I resoldered it. But to each their own.
Years ago my local Lowe’s had #95 flux on big clearance for some reason I grabbed every container I won’t be running out anytime soon. They still stock it though it’s back to the normal higher price.
@@jdr03272 nothing wrong with using it all the time other than it being more costly than some. From my understanding it’s like having a little solder mixed in with your flux. So yep I guess that’s like an "extra layer” …. lol
I know man. Kids today don’t even know why you do that. It’s all press for them. Takes time but it’s the right way. I e even had guys ask me why I’m doin it lol
Just stick a pipe wrench on it it will act as a heat sink and all the heat will go into the pipe wrench and not into the fitting. I feel like I'm giving away too many secrets
@@HeinekenSkywalker636 nothing wrong with doing that just to be sure. 50/50 has a very low melting temp. Has nothing to do with knowing what your doing. If you’re a plumber, you’ve heated a joint you didn’t want too!
A battery post cleaner woks great on the inside and the out side of 3/4 and 1/2 inch copper pipe it just a small wire brush you will b surprised how well it helps
Only thing I saw was he wiped it clean possibly before the solder solidified.... (called a "cold joint") I let it cool then go back and reheat only what needs to be cleaned up.
As long as that fitting is clean and fluxed it's done every day. ...personally I hate reusing copper fittings ..but that's a totally different conversion....nice work
May wanna clean and hit that steet 45 while u are there. That is the absolute easiest joint to sodier when the cup is vertical like that. Looks decent though.
Now folks remember 2things: immediately grab copper pipe after solder to make sure its firm, and hold flame AWAY from solder point, on opposite end where soldering. 👉✌️😀
Did he used the pliers to push further down the pipe? I'd imagine the heat would dilate the copper and make it tighter, hence harder to push. Isn't it better to do that while it's cold? Newbie question.
Did u spin the copper after u put Flux on it to even out the Flux? I just want to know if this gives the solder joint a better connection or if this is some trick that helps the join be seated
Sorry, poor job! You barely put pie in, then you rotated the pipe, but it didn’t go in any further! Putting new pipe into old work requires a skilled craftsman that does it everyday. I can solder new pipe after cleaning everyday! When I need to add old to new, I call my friend Tomek, he does it everyday! Jim
Are people really bitching about you scratching the pipe? Who gives a shit about a cleaned up copper pipe that's gonna look like it did before hes sanded it in a couple months.
it always makes me wonder why contractors feel the need to go as fast as possible. why not slow down, enjoy the job and take time to double check things
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I liked how you turned the pipe a little to spread the heat more evenly. I learnt something today and I've only been plumbing about 40 years. Thanks bro. 😮
He turned the pipe to get it in further once the solder that was left in the old fitting had warmed up
Yeah but Stephen here gave me an idea, I’m about to try that right now actually, I found this short video accidentally as I was looking for a slightly different video just before the final step and just prior to firing up mr torch, because it seems like it makes sense that I could heat the bottom, which unfortunately the only side of my brass fitting that I can access, because it is in a ceiling and also a small access opening in the drywall, and then after heating it for a while twist it around and finish with that previous bottom part of the fitting now on the upper part of the pipe to make it easier to more evenly heat a difficult to access fitting. Sorry for explaining the obvious. Goodbye now I’m giving it a shot 😅
@@MrLbsrdi let us know how u get on pal
I can appreciate the way he used the pipe to hold his pliers and hooked the solder onto a pipe.
Over the years I have become somewhat creative in using my surroundings to hold my tools also!
Im just scared to forget my hanging tools 😂
Looked a bit dry to me, the solder wasn't drawn into the joint just sat on the top
NA, right at the last moment the joint flashed over to liquid. The rose tattoo was a bit dry though and don’t wipe the joint until it’s set up!
@@plumber1227128what’s a rose tattoo?
Yessir that oatey no.95 tinning flux is badass! I have to do it all the time for boiler retrofits! Nice work!
Boiler work is rough shit for sure...
I like how you turned the pipe to spread the the a little. Ive learnt something.. and I've only been plumbing about 40 years... thanks bro.
A real plumber would've left burn marks on the wall 😂
By real do you mean unqualified?
@@pipedgolf4634ur not very good at jokes are u
🤣
I personally would have cleaned out the fitting, then flux. Just my preference and how I was taught. Great flame control, btw. Nice to see guys wiping down the joints. 👌
Fitting brush cut and chucked into my cordless drill and used as soon as the old pipe was removed while hub was still hot. This fitting would have been cleaned all the way to bare copper in the hub before I resoldered it. But to each their own.
That’s how I do it too. Works like a charm.
Every time.
I agree. These noobs... better than what I have seen though
i always use tinning flux...it amazing.
Amen finally a proper solder job
I use the same self tinning flux.
Oatey #95 tinning flux... that's good stuff :)
Love this stuff
Question: is there any reason not to use tinning flux all of the time instead of regular flux? Seems like an extra layer of insurance?
Years ago my local Lowe’s had #95 flux on big clearance for some reason I grabbed every container I won’t be running out anytime soon. They still stock it though it’s back to the normal higher price.
I only use tinning flux on lead free brass. It's the only place i need to use it. Imo
@@jdr03272 nothing wrong with using it all the time other than it being more costly than some. From my understanding it’s like having a little solder mixed in with your flux. So yep I guess that’s like an "extra layer” …. lol
Love the cobra pliers
I have to get on so many noobs for not reaming the cooper. Good job in this video👊👍
I know man. Kids today don’t even know why you do that. It’s all press for them. Takes time but it’s the right way. I e even had guys ask me why I’m doin it lol
I am a DIYer but I clean my pipe down to clean cooper. As for deburring the pipe, I would do it but I always loose the stupid tool
clean AF. way to represent MN my man
Clean my ars. Look at how he applies the flux. That fitting is dirty AF. Joint likely failed due to gap in solder on back side👎🏻👎🏽👎
Clean fucking joint. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Looking good, and that's how it's done the right way. Good job.
Good job, I was going to say, I always wipe mine down with a dry rag before it cools down.
And you’d be wrong
@@jackhoran4426 you sound like an electrician
Sound alike a baby lol
@@jackhoran4426 do you even plumb bro???
@@jackhoran4426 Wipe it wet like your wiping your ass with sand paper. That’s how you get clean joints and no boogers!
Everybody know that STK99 torch head is the best.
I like to put a wet rag around the area of existing sweat fitting
Don’t need to do any of that if you know what you’re doing
Just stick a pipe wrench on it it will act as a heat sink and all the heat will go into the pipe wrench and not into the fitting.
I feel like I'm giving away too many secrets
Mayne he's just wiping his Flux to avoid green Flux areas later. Good practice to do
@@HeinekenSkywalker636 nothing wrong with doing that just to be sure. 50/50 has a very low melting temp. Has nothing to do with knowing what your doing. If you’re a plumber, you’ve heated a joint you didn’t want too!
Yea or atleast it it with some new solder.
Very well done. And whipped it too I like all of this
Little milwaukee reamer is lit
Changed your mind real quick about holding that 1" copper with your glove, didn't you son?? 😬
😂😂😂😂
I once grabbed a line without a glove, shit stings for at-least 3 days
He had an epiphany 😂
@@murkyturkey5238 some people are slow learners, some learn reeeeal quick....😅
Always love to see Knipex
A battery post cleaner woks great on the inside and the out side of 3/4 and 1/2 inch copper pipe it just a small wire brush you will b surprised how well it helps
also you can Flux the fitting after soilder then wipe cleans up nice without sanding fittings and pipe.
Instead of using a camel hair brush to smooth the solder by brushing flux on the hot solder then rinse when cool.
Only thing I saw was he wiped it clean possibly before the solder solidified....
(called a "cold joint")
I let it cool then go back and reheat only what needs to be cleaned up.
The proper distribution of heat is key to get a Clean Solder Joint. Good Stuff.
Nice work.
The pipe needs to be clean
Nicely done 👍
I exclusively use a acetylene torch. It's worth an extra 50 bucks just to bring it in the house
SANDING THE OUTSIDE OF THE FITTING
LOOKS MUCH BETTER
Great job! I loved it. I need to try oatey n95 one of these days.
As long as that fitting is clean and fluxed it's done every day. ...personally I hate reusing copper fittings ..but that's a totally different conversion....nice work
Nice and beautiful work I'm interest
Love how you rotated the pipe to help transfer the heat ❤
He didn't rotate the pipe because the heat transfer...
The fitting is not well clean, that's why is having problem to put the pipe in
This guy knows what he’s doing!
Solid
You need to get a reel torch and heat bottom of fitting to draw solder in
its nice to see some old school soldering rather than jumping to sharkbites!
A agree, but his ability is not good! Jim
Clean joint.
May wanna clean and hit that steet 45 while u are there. That is the absolute easiest joint to sodier when the cup is vertical like that. Looks decent though.
I would love to learn from you.
C fluxe is the bomb for old pipes highly acidic with ground solder mixed in just need to clean it real well
"How scarred do you want your copper ?"
Him : yes
shud up
Tin the pipe first .
Just gotta pop out for another reel of solder for the next joint
And that's CLEAN, biiitchh
Why is it OK to put the flame on the same side as where the solder is going ?
Applied solder little to early, ti dried right away, and going over does not help after the first round dried up
How long does it take to heat up 1-1/4 in pipe in the basement? Using yellow MAP gas
Nice
Now folks remember 2things: immediately grab copper pipe after solder to make sure its firm, and hold flame AWAY from solder point, on opposite end where soldering. 👉✌️😀
A turbotorch ! Did we just become best friends?
Lol more specifically the stk99 model
👌👌
fine old school, soft soldering, hard soldering, welding, young people don't know that
They do if they do commercial plumbing . Most are specced for copper water and no-hub cast iron waste.
Wall template?
Did he used the pliers to push further down the pipe? I'd imagine the heat would dilate the copper and make it tighter, hence harder to push. Isn't it better to do that while it's cold? Newbie question.
Try it and find out lol
Sometimes solder remains in the fitting from the old joint. Heating it will liquify the solder allowing you to fully seat the pipe in the fitting.
That’s what was happening 🤟🏼
@@josephjames6603 @Mechanical Hub 👊 Thanks
Heating the copper expands it.
Did u spin the copper after u put Flux on it to even out the Flux? I just want to know if this gives the solder joint a better connection or if this is some trick that helps the join be seated
I think it was just to ensure the copper seated all the way down into the 45
Nice work. What torch tip is that?
Thanks, it’s a Turbo Torch
Stk 99.
Got enough solder in there?
He's dangerous with dat reamer
what about plastic blue pipe in my home country is using blue pipe
The tight fit means you failed to thoroughly clean the old fitting.
Reamed the inside of the copper just so he could place the outside in the old fitting lol
Aren't there supposed to be globs of flux, dripping solder and black burnt pipe
How fast old secrets are sold and people are trying to make money off it
Vertical joints are so hard to do without drips
Scratching it on or swiping it is the trick. It’s like a flicking motion with the solder in the crevice of the joint.
hey! they do still sweat pipe! all I see these days is guys with expensive crimpers.
You missed a place at 10 0 clock.
Hell yeah, use tinning flux on old copper.
He did it at 88 miles per hour, so the pipe had a lot of capacity for all that flux.....
I know where they sell brand new ones
Like there's the first ones
A good sales department would replace at least majority of old pipes..more waiting to happen here.........
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Flow
A esa soldadura le sobra calor
heat the joint...not the solder
Might just put some more solder there while ur at it. Jeesh
Wow so he can actually solder
A little pinhole in the back. Not done
+gas
Missed a spot lol , looks good
Sorry, poor job! You barely put pie in, then you rotated the pipe, but it didn’t go in any further! Putting new pipe into old work requires a skilled craftsman that does it everyday. I can solder new pipe after cleaning everyday! When I need to add old to new, I call my friend Tomek, he does it everyday! Jim
scratched the ever living hell out of the new copper, thumbs down
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Are people really bitching about you scratching the pipe? Who gives a shit about a cleaned up copper pipe that's gonna look like it did before hes sanded it in a couple months.
It's time to upgrade to acetylene.
😂
No good .No plumber
I see a future leak...
What’s the shitty flux ur using
Don’t not wipe that joint until it’s cooled!!! Such a hack
1. Get a better torch
2. Dirty old flux I always get the small containers because ProPress is da way.
Too bad sweating is illegal now
Lol what? Illegal? Where in the world is there a law that says you can't set copper?
@@mechanical-hub yeah no kidding
Never ever put flux on the inside of the fitting this can cause internal pipe corrosion even after flushing, but its murica what do you expect
It'll flush away with the water
@@firstknocked8767 its a sealed system try to pay attention
@@alemgas You mean a "closed system"? It's water soluble flux you complete dou©he nozzle. Try to pay attention.👉🤡
it always makes me wonder why contractors feel the need to go as fast as possible. why not slow down, enjoy the job and take time to double check things
Because you have to get the heat back on in the winter pretty labor intensive and not alot of room for help
@@josephlowman7906 fair enough 😀
Good job, but you dont need to use that much solder
Real nice trash flux you’re using.