Hello all
I am hoping to get some help with a soldering project I am working on. I have dimpled a stainless pot and am trying to solder a stainless half coupler to it. I am encountering a lot of problems and for the amount I have spent on solder trying to get this done, could have just bought a brewery! I am using stay brite solder and stay clean acid flux and a propane torch. Here is what I am encountering:
1. The pot heats up, expands and the coupler falls out. I had to wire it in to hold it. Is this normal?
2. If my pot is not perfectly level, the solder just pools to one corner.
3. The flux does a great job allowing the solder to bond to the coupler, but not the pot wall. I sand, wire brush, flux. All I get is no stick and a thick black oily residue after trying. ????? It was pristine when I started heating!
Any help on what's going wrong would be appreciated. I'll post some pictures.
I am hoping to get some help with a soldering project I am working on. I have dimpled a stainless pot and am trying to solder a stainless half coupler to it. I am encountering a lot of problems and for the amount I have spent on solder trying to get this done, could have just bought a brewery! I am using stay brite solder and stay clean acid flux and a propane torch. Here is what I am encountering:
1. The pot heats up, expands and the coupler falls out. I had to wire it in to hold it. Is this normal?
2. If my pot is not perfectly level, the solder just pools to one corner.
3. The flux does a great job allowing the solder to bond to the coupler, but not the pot wall. I sand, wire brush, flux. All I get is no stick and a thick black oily residue after trying. ????? It was pristine when I started heating!
Any help on what's going wrong would be appreciated. I'll post some pictures.