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On Jul 22, 5:30 pm, "Scott Townsend"
wrote:
The fitting when headed will change colors. I usually wait till its a
shade
of black, then it will kind of turn a light color again. Then apply the
solder... IT takes way more then 10 seconds to get the heat applied all
the
way around the fitting.

It think it doesn't help that I'm using propane. From what I've heard
today, propane isn't as hot as acetylene or MAPP. Maybe I'll try again
and let it get even hotter. I'm going to end up going through a whole
bottle of propane on two couplings! This is ridiculous... I know I'm
not a handy man, but this can't be that hard! Those videos made it
look so easy.


That's why plumbers get paid so much - it isn't easy. I have heard a lot of
people speak ill of propane, I don't necessarily believe that. I think MAPP
just makes it go quicker.