How do you apply your flux?

[Keefy]

Think I'll give it a try some time. Here it is on Yorkshire's own site for anyone interested: Pegler Yorkshire

 

[tamz]

Its greeny brown colour. Not self cleaning so your fittings and pipe need to be spotless. The solder only runs where it is cleaned. Fry's fluxite and telux are similar. Smells lovely but nips worse than everflux in a cut. It has zinc chloride in it.
Btw you can make your own flux if you can be bothered. Throw a bit zinc in some spirits of salt and let it dissolve.

 

[mountainman]

I thought that an irrelevant was a big grey mammal with a trunk!

 

[Keefy]

Its greeny brown colour. Not self cleaning so your fittings and pipe need to be spotless. The solder only runs where it is cleaned.

I always make sure my pipe and fittings are spotless before applying anyway so I'd hardly be having to change my habits, can't stand seeing people just fluxing a dirty pipe 'because the flux will clean it'. Does sound good this Yorkshire flux though.

 

[Guest123]

Back in the day my tradesman used it for lubricating the o rings of soil pipe. How times have changed!

 

[tamz]

Try it. Most merchants will have one of them in stock.

 

[Guest123]

It used to come in wee tins like the ones used for Kiwi shoe polish didn't it?

 

[Dannypipe]

I love the smell of it. Might buy some for nostalgia purposes!

 

[tamz]

I went out to the shed and here are 2 different traditional ones for those who have never seen it. Frys and Telux both much the same as is Yorkshire.
I even sparked up the lamp for a wee sniff of the nostalgia Danny :smile:

 

[Howsie]

I've a tub of telux in the van i'm sure of it. Unfortunately I'm in Ireland with a pint of Guinness in m hand so can't check