How Do You Put Fitting On Copper Tubing?
Creating a watertight seal between copper tubing and a fitting requires soldering the two pieces together. A proper solder joint requires some preparation. Both pieces being soldered together need to be cleaned thoroughly to eliminate contaminates from the solder joint. If the pieces are not clean, the solder will not adequately seal the joint. This will result in a leaky connection that can be difficult to fix. Also, because you use heat to make the solder joint, you must ensure that there are no flammable materials near the solder joint. Tear a piece of emery cloth from the roll that is twice the circumference of the copper tubing. Wrap the emery cloth around the end of the pipe that you are going to solder to the fitting and pinch the ends of the emery cloth together. Keeping the emery cloth stationary, twist the pipe several revolutions. This will remove any debris from the tubing. Inspect the cleaned end of the copper tubing. It should be a bright copper color, free from discolora
