Flux Brushes

[MZR]

Does anyone know of any decent or good flux brushes im sick to death of using crap ones that fall apart after 2 mins of use i must have gone though about 10 in the past week

cheers all

 

[Dannypipe]

Yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TerryWaite]

and i brush the freshly soldered joints as well

I confess to being one of them too!

 

[Dannypipe]

Oh they're all creeping out the closet now!

 

[tamz]

I've used my finger for near 40 years. Its still there :smile:

 

[Dannypipe]

Yeah, but you jocks are made of firmer stuff than us Southern fairies!!

 

[MZR]

when u use your finger then the excess gets wiped on ur trousers not nice plus not cost effective as your losing flux on each joint LOL

 

[Dannypipe]

Maybe he wasn't talking about plumbing??

 

[Mike Jackson]

I'm a pipe fluxer. Flux the fitting and excess is pushed into the pipe and can cause corrosion and allow excess solder to be drawn into the pipe. This is often the cause of those annoying little solder balls that rattle around inside CH pumps. Flux the pipe and excess is pushed out and can be wiped off with a damp cloth before you solder the joint. I saw a guy pulled up in his core gas safety for fluxing a fitting.

 

[Dannypipe]

It's a case of each to their own. We're all creatures of habit, and I do it the way my dad showed me. Can't change now!

 

[MZR]

LOL maybe

 

[CXR100]

i can see the point of not doing it on gas because there is no water to flush it away!

 

[Mike Jackson]

http://www.ukcopperboard.co.uk/literature/pdfs/Installation-Tips/Fluxes-and-solders.pdf

From the horses mouth. Flux the pipe not the fitting.

 

[Dannypipe]

Well there you go. I'll try and change my ways!

 

[nicro3]

I've used my finger for near 40 years. Its still there :smile:

As the bishop said to the actress

 

[MZR]

haha all this over a flux brush i only wanted a decent brush LOL , its been a good lesson in the ways other people work thanks all

 

[Gray0689]

Monument pack of 3 last over a year
And I flux pipe and fitting and can safely say I have done thousands and thousands and never seen flux eat through yet lol

 

[Whyme]

i use artist type paint brushes with tape over the metal can pick em really cheap at wilkos etc cos there not labelled flux brushes and aimed at plumbers...I'm a pipe and fitting man.

 

[Dannypipe]

I should do this poll. I reckon the majority of us are pipe and fitting. I'm gonna work out how to do it.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

danny, click on post new thread , look at the bottom i can see an option for doing it

 

[Dannypipe]

I'll try....thanks Steve.

 

[plumber0808]

Flux Pipe and fittings.
solder joints then wipe over with brush to move on quickly as it will get me home 20 seconds earlier.
flux brush left in tub always and I can't remember the last time I changed it.
Oh yes I do the lot.

 

[stevetheplumber]

Fluxing the fittings is the best way to fill the system with flux pipe only for me

 

[Dannypipe]

Cast your votes:

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-forum/49814-how-do-you-apply-your-flux.html#post457310

 

[tolly]

Never lend your flux brush to one of those wronguns that start wiping the joint after its just been soldered and the solder is still molten

If you want to do a neat vertical joint then heat up the joint first a bit before you wipe the excess away.

 

[tolly]

I flux both the pipe and fitting aswell, but use a very thin layer on each any lumps of flux get wiped out. i could understand maybe if people were using laco or powerflux or whatever that yellow tubbed mosturiser is called and were applying a thick layer to each then as you couple it together excess flux would be forced into the pipework. But i dont think theres a problem doing a thin layer of everflux on both pipe and fitting