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Copper Lock

george4

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Have not soldered copper tubing for a long time. Need to do a couple of joints in the garage for a hose faucet. Rather than try to come up to speed with solder methods, I am giving thought to trying Copper Lock that I saw online. Any comment/experience on this product?
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Skyman

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I would only use Sharkbite in an emergency situation. And I'd never trust any adhesive on copper. It's just not difficult to successfully solder copper pipe. Clean the mating surfaces to the point that they are nice and shiny, don't get fingerprints or any other contaminants on the cleaned surfaces, apply flux to both surfaces, insert pipe into fitting, heat the joint with your torch (propane will get the job done), and apply solder to the edge of the fitting until capillary action draws the solder into the joint. Don't disturb the joint until it's cool enough that the solder has fully solidified. Wipe off the remaining flux with a wet rag. Done. Practice on pieces you won't actually use until you're confident that your technique is satisfactory. You can probably find a gazillion YT videos demonstrating all of this, if you'd find that helpful.
 
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Doozer75

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Conbraco uses green Locitie on the threads of all their valve threads.
It is copper (which is in brass) that activates Loctite. Actually their
activator spray is copper sulphate. Green Loctite loves to bond
copper and brass metals together. I assume that is that is in the bottle.
So it is a real thing. Conbraco is a huge company. They make Apollo
and other valves. They know what works. Take some valves apart.
You will see.

-Doozer
 

johnre

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I have no idea if it's any good or not.

But I do note the price on a 2 oz. bottle - $18.50 on Amazon - and that was enough to dissuade me from any further investigation. At that price I don't need to bother if it's any good or not, it's a no go.

Soldering is not that difficult to learn. Spend just a few minutes practicing, you can make very good joints.
 

olytdi

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Soldering the connection is the way to go. Not hard and you've done it before. It will all come back. Watch a couple of utubes to reacquaint yourself. You can do it!
 
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