what type of flux

[Amac]

good old LACO, lamp anything up with that stuff.

 

[northcarr]

Ever flow every time :rockon2:

 

[lame plumber]

where do you get it lame? can't find it anywhere

my independant stocks it , ray will know how to find it, the photo was fm online stockist

 

[Bhoydavid]

Anyone ever used the fernox flux that comes in a blue tub and is like marmalade in colour but has the texture of thick frying pan grease. It's horrible stuff all round.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Powerflow - 16.5%
Laco - 38.6%
Everflux - 44.9%

 

[tamz]

Powerflow - 16.5%
Laco - 38.6%
Everflux - 44.9%

Personally i start itching looking at the blue lid knowing what is coming when i open it.

Laco blackens the pipe more but wipes off easily. If you are burning it dump the mapp gas.

 

[Best]

Grease based fluxes (traditional Yorkshire or Fluxite) are what I use & they are not very corrosive plus the solder flows well. Copper needs cleaned fairly well if using it.
All those cuttings of copper you find lying around that someone had put Everflux or similar flux on them & then not used because they had made a mistake, are seriously corroded, as is pipework below soldered joints if not cleaned after soldering. That's why I hate the stuff.

 

[jonnyswamp]

I'm a Laco man myself, used to use Powerflow but got fed up with it binding on fittings and ending up ruining a 90 bend cos it wouldn't spin a couple of degrees

Not sure about the flux that Lame uses, looks like its made by rectumseal! or are my eyes playing up again