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Anybody here done this, soldering steel to aluminum?
All yooze soldering type folks,
I want to solder a steel tube into an aluminum one. I'm thinking that if I tin the steel with the mostly tin lead free plumbing solder and the aluminum with the mainly zinc aluminum solder I should then be able to join them together with the lead free plumbing solder. I know, because I have done it more than once, that I can get the lead/tin solder and lead free plumbing solders to wet aluminum but it is not nearly as easy as using the zinc based stuff. I know there are other ways to do this but I am looking for a fairly simple, low tech, strong and cheap, way to join the one tube into the other with a reliable method using widely available materials that won't be affected by solvents like gasoline, alcohol, acetone, benzene, and the other typical components of pump gas. This is not just for me. I also want to be able to show other folks how to do this, folks who have limited resources and education. Thanks, Eric |
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