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Is wire solder the same as pipe solder?

April 26, 2017garden Home pipe plumbing solder wire

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Is wire solder the same as pipe solder?

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Wire solder is often a combination of lead and tin while pipe solder is lead-free. However, plumbing solder too was once a lead-tin alloy. In 1986 the Safe Drinking Water Act, forbade the use of lead in plumbing solder.