On 1 Jul, 13:48, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
Anyone tried soldering chromed pipe?
Looking to make a join with an endfeed fitting rather than a bulky
chrome compression fitting, which I might try painting silver afterwards.
I presume you have to strip the chrome to do the soldering, but does
the heat wreck the chrome further back up the pipe? (I don't have a
piece to hand to try it on, or I'd answer my own question.)

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Andrew Gabriel
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You don't have to strip the chrome fully - but abrading it helps. I've
never done it on a joint in view, but as far as I recall, the chrome
gets a bit rainbow hued for about 1cm max from the joint - other than
that, it is unaffected. I don't know whether it would polish out
again.