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Hi, I know a lot of you are really kind of plumbing challenged, and there's really not
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a need for that, especially when it comes to soldering copper tubing, because it's really
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not that hard. All you really need to gather together are just a few very simple parts
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and tools and practice, and you're going to be able to do it. Here's some of the things
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that you're going to need. You're going to need some plumber's cloth, which is like a
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sandpaper. You're going to also need some flux. You need to have lead-free solder and, of course
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a torch. Now, here's how the process of what you have to do. First thing to do is to take the copper
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tubing and the fittings and make sure you clean them. And you can do that with a pomer's cloth
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and also with a really neat little wire brush that cleans the inside of fittings. Get them as bright
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as a copper penny, a brand new penny. Then the next thing you do is go ahead and apply a thin
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coating of flux, which is just like a Vaseline-type compound, but it helps make the solder
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attach to the copper. Then what you do is you put the two fittings together. You put
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the pipe onto the fitting. You go ahead and start to heat it up, and here's where you can make a mistake. Don't apply the solder for about 10 or 15 seconds. Let that flux
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boil off. Pull the torch away. Apply the solder. If the pipe and the fitting are hot enough
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the solder will flow in beautifully. It's really not that hard. See? There's nothing to it. Practice makes perfect
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