if it is soft soldered clean with wire wool flux the joint .using a smallish flame propane or butane blowlampmy darling wife deciced to put a copper kettle on top of the stove we no water in it
so ive now got a tiny hole in the base, where its been soldered.
whats the best way to tackle a repair??
thanks.
yes of course would i use any other being old schoollead free of course
did i say all NO i just said all ;l russel hobbs and swan were and did u know another fact all steam traction engine boilers are fitted with a safety plug which is filled with soft solder . it melts only when the boiler is run dry to a low level accidentaly . so soft solder will sufficeAh they all were just soft soldered were they, even though they go on a fire, oh! of course they're supposed to have water in them aren't they
if it is soft soldered clean with wire wool flux the joint .using a smallish flame propane or butane blowlamp
heat the metal up and using solder wire dip it in to joint .if the metals hot enough the solder will flow. if not heat up further till solder flows. dip solder wire in to flux and run it into joint capilary action will make it flow round and in to the joint. clean of surplus flux job done