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Copper Pipe Sweating
Copper Pipe Sweating Tools
Cutting Copper Pipes
Cleaning the Outside of Copper Pipes
Cleaning the Inside of Copper Pipes
Removing the Lips of Copper Pipes
Dry Fitting Copper Pipes
Applying Flux to Copper Pipes
Igniting a MAPP Torch to Sweat Copper Pipes
Fitting Copper Pipes
Sweating Copper Pipes
Removing Extra Solder from Copper Pipes
Copper Pipe Sweating Technique
Fixing Mistakes When Sweating Copper Pipes
Why Clean Copper Pipes Before Sweating
Copper Pipe Uses
Summary: Watch as a seasoned DIYer provides a technique for sweating (joining and soldering) copper pipes in this free online video about home repair.
Don Golden has been in the business of buying and remodeling homes in the Los Angeles area for over fifteen years. He has used his expertise in the areas of design, carpentry,...read more
"Hey everybody Don Golden for Expert Village and we are having fun with copper today, copper piping. We just put this joint together and I felt it was my duty to show you a new technology that really makes this even easier and it is pretty easy as it is but this is a new technology where the copper is actually embedded inside the pipe in a small ring so you don't even have to use a line of solder like this or led free solder. You can just clean your joints, put this on, and heat it up and I'm going to show you how to do this right now. It is very simple. I cleaned off this end. We still want to use our flux paste. You've always got to flux before you solder and put a little on this joint, fit it together and watch this. I'm just going to heat this up now and when you see the copper come through that ring, it's done. Watch. There it is, flip it over and there you've got it. Look at that. So when you see the solder come through the ring here at the end it's done. How do you like that? Easy as Ma's apple pie."
eHow Article: Copper Pipe Sweating Technique
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sonnie06 said
on 1/1/2009 I love the technique and really the fitting that you used. Where can I purchase 90 degree elbows with the solder in the fitting state side? All I have been able to locate are distributors overseas.