05-03-2006, 02:50 AM
sounds like you tried to Sil-Floss it. That stuff has an extremly high melting temp and yeah, the copper will disentagrate first. We used that stuff on really thick brass and copper for underground water lines.
The trick is getting the steel and the copper both evenly heated so the solder bonds to both and not just the copper. Steel also has to be hotter then copper. That\'s the trick, you\'re bonding two different alloys. It\'s trail and error, technique, and honestly just practicing using a blow torch and solder.
The trick is getting the steel and the copper both evenly heated so the solder bonds to both and not just the copper. Steel also has to be hotter then copper. That\'s the trick, you\'re bonding two different alloys. It\'s trail and error, technique, and honestly just practicing using a blow torch and solder.