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, Tim+ wrote: Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote: Fredxx brought next idea : It is always difficult to just the temperature where you're trying to get a fitting apart. At a pinch I guess you could use a wet rag around a fitting to make it stay put. That has always worked for me - wet tissue, rag or whatever. It doesn't need much evaporation to keep solder from melting. I can now confirm that that did indeed work. Not as hard as I thought it would be. Tim Just wondering why you'd change from something neat looking that never leaks to something ugly that often does? -- *Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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