Soldering flux is (or at least, should be) one of the ubiquitous features of any electronics bench. It serves the purpose of excluding oxygen from a solder joint as it solidifies, and in most ...

Push the joint together until the copper tube seats at full depth. Wipe off excess flux with a disposable shop rag. The post How To Solder Copper Pipe appeared first on Family Handyman.

For some of us the smell of rosin soldering flux vaporizing from the tip of an iron as a project takes shape is as evocative as the scent of a rose on a summer’s day. We’ve certainly breathed ...