K9mlxj
Member
Hi,
A quick question on soldering copper pipe.
I was installing a bath/shower faucet, and when I was soldering an elbow joint on the copper pipe, it didn't solder well.
After a few attempts, I pulled off the elbow joint, and I realized the outside *AND* the inside of the copper pipes on both ends was black (oxidized). I cleaned up the outside of the tube real well to remove all the oxidization on the outside of the tubes, used a new elbow joint and brushed and fluxed all contact points, then reinstalled with the new elbow joint, and it finally went fine (no leak afterward).
I didn't really clean up the oxidization on the *inside* of both ends of the pipes though. Is that fine with using the shower? I kind of smell a bit of carbon when the water came out now. Would it go away eventually? Is that harmful?
Thanks.
A quick question on soldering copper pipe.
I was installing a bath/shower faucet, and when I was soldering an elbow joint on the copper pipe, it didn't solder well.
After a few attempts, I pulled off the elbow joint, and I realized the outside *AND* the inside of the copper pipes on both ends was black (oxidized). I cleaned up the outside of the tube real well to remove all the oxidization on the outside of the tubes, used a new elbow joint and brushed and fluxed all contact points, then reinstalled with the new elbow joint, and it finally went fine (no leak afterward).
I didn't really clean up the oxidization on the *inside* of both ends of the pipes though. Is that fine with using the shower? I kind of smell a bit of carbon when the water came out now. Would it go away eventually? Is that harmful?
Thanks.