Best FLUX!

REX

I am back and forth with this,for now its oatey #95 or Utility brand. Olny thing with utilty brand is it does not have a nfs-61 approval for potable water...neither have astm B-813,ergo thay are not water  soluble. Water soluble is inferior flux and I wont use it. Though i must say some photos i have seen showed some bad dammage to copper by the flux causing pin hole leaks....never happened to me. I say some places must have water conditions that speed up erosion of flux/copper...further more i say always use L/k copper for water,not M. What do u think?

Jim Bennett

Me too......

I like the Oatey 95 tinning flux. It works good and I like the consistency, doesn't get too goopy in the summer or too hard in the winter.



http://www.oatey.com/Plumber/Shared/ProductGroupDetail/76/No.+95+Tinning+Flux.html





As for copper water line, due to a code change here in NY, M copper is approved for water lines. I don't use it though.



Jim

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

Flux

I've been using flux from Crest/Good:



[url=http://www.crestgood.com/catalog/Ch%2005%20complete.pdf]http://www.crestgood.com/catalog/Ch%2005%20complete.pdf



and even though Mark Eatherton rails against it, I cut a hole in the top for my acid brush.



Copper tubing?  Typle M  I've never seen a reason to use type L; It's more expensive, takes longer to cut and has a reduced capacity.

digger_2

Oatey #95

Oatey #95 can raise the batting average of a sloppy mechanic. The guys who say things like "it's clean enough" and "The flux will flow to the other side when I heat it".

REX

lol

yeah i hear ya,a lot of people dont know how to solder. Folow the tourch around the fitting..folow with the solder..young jeti

smp74

SOS Odorless Greenless

http://sos-prod.com/Bill&Irv.htm#Top

Unknown

Maybe old-school,,,

but I`m a die-hard Kester guy.  ;-)