"evodawg" wrote in message
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Doobielicious wrote:

I just tried to solder a 1/2 inch copper coupling to a 1/2 inch piece of
pipe. I put soldering paste inside the coupling, gave the 1/2 pipe a
good
going over with a file (i didn't have sandpaper) and also put soldering
paste on the 1/2 inch pipe. I inserted the pipe inside the coupling, and
heated the couplign up with a torch. I tried to put solder on the end of
the coupling and the pipe, but the solder didn't go around the coupling
to
form a seal. In fact the solder made a complete mess adn I ended up with
clumps of solder in one spot.

What the heck am I doing wrong?
Try using MAP GAS not the stuff in the blue bottle, the stuff in the
yellow
bottle.
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"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
Propane works just fine on those little 1/2" fittings. Do it all the
time....
The OP should be patient and make sure he heats the fitting and lets the
capillary action draw the solder into the joint, which it will do when it's
hot enough. Practice, practice, practice... Mark