Posted by Indiana Ken on February 05, 2014 at 17:15:30 from (66.249.234.135):
In Reply to: resolder copper pipe? posted by mmidlam on February 05, 2014 at 12:24:32:
As others have posted, cleaning is key both the old pipe and the new elbow and do forget the flux.
If the pipe has had water you will need to blow it out, dry it etc. However, many times the water will come back into the joint once once you put the heat to it. If water hits the joint it is game over. One thing I do is push some white bread (minus crust) into the horizontal pipe at least 6" away from the joint. The vertical pipe does not need the bread. The bread will soak up any water before it can wet the joint. When the job is complete the bread can be flushed out an open faucet.
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