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Heat Joint and Apply Solder

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What happens here

Using a MAPP gas torch, begin to heat the copper pipe joint. The narrator highlights MAPP gas's hotter burn compared to propane for quicker soldering. Observe the flux as it heats; it will start to drip, indicating that the joint is reaching the appropriate temperature. If you notice too much flux dripping, you can carefully wipe off the excess during this heating phase. Continue heating the pipe, not the solder directly, until the pipe itself is hot enough to melt the solder when touched. The molten solder should then be drawn into the joint by capillary action. Continue applying solder until a complete bead forms around the connection, and the narrator suggests looking for a 'green flame on the other side' as an indication that the entire joint is adequately heated.

Goal: Create a strong, sealed solder joint by melting solder into the heated connection.

Tools and materials

  • Copper Fitting — The component being joined to the pipe
  • Copper Pipe — The material being soldered
  • MAPP Gas Torch Turbotorch — Heating the copper pipe joint
  • Solder — Creating the joint seal

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up using them like a rag. I like MAPP gas. It burns hotter than propane, and it just makes for a quicker solder joint. Getting it heated up, you can see right down here that the flux has started to drip. You just wipe off that excess flux, right? Because we might have put too much on. Wait until you see kind of a green flame on the other side. It starts to take. And then we just get it hooked up. Give that a wipe around. That looks pretty

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