Ok. So I soldered all of my fittings on my Concord kettle. The Chinese "stainless steel" is not the same as the stainless steel in the 3 kegs I've soldered fittings on before. First of all its like butter compared to drilling and punching holes in kegs. I didn't mind that at all. However, due to this steel not being as hard or strong it wasn't able to stand up to the dimpling process. All 4 of the holes tore as I pulled the dimple. I've dimpled and soldered over a dozen fittings on kegs without any taring.
I was able to solder them and get a water tight seal, but it was difficult. Due to the tares, the molten solder would drip through onto the ground. I after heating to melt the solder, I turned off the torch and added more solder as it dried to fill in the gap. It worked, but it was a pain.
I also soldered a tri-clamp fitting from brewhardware without any issues.
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I was able to solder them and get a water tight seal, but it was difficult. Due to the tares, the molten solder would drip through onto the ground. I after heating to melt the solder, I turned off the torch and added more solder as it dried to fill in the gap. It worked, but it was a pain.
I also soldered a tri-clamp fitting from brewhardware without any issues.
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