ml1337
New Member
I have a ball valve leak at the sweat joint and I would like to desolder the leaky side, clean it up and solder it back. It's in series with a lot of other fittings, which are very close together (1 inch of distance between fittings only). I would like to avoid taking everything apart... Is it possible to use a wet rag tightly wrapped around the nearby fittings in order to keep them intact? Has this been done with success? This is 1 inch copper pipe.