| Name: | 60 40 wire and bar solder for plumbing |
| Product Name: | 60 40 wire and bar solder for plumbing |
| Alloy: | Tin Lead |
| Composition: | Sn60Pb40 |
| Form: | Wire solder , Bar solder |
| Application: | solder for plumbing |
| Origin: | China |
Product Description
60 40 wire and bar solder for plumbing
All around the world, for plumbing there could be copper pipes, steel pipes, PVC pipes etc. For each material how to join the each pipe is different. Copper pipes and copper fittings are generally soldered together, steel pipes are generally screwed together by using male & female fitting system, while PVC pipes and its fittings are glued together. In the Western countries we will see more plumbing done with copper pipes and copper fittings. Thus, in these countries, the plumbers also have big demands for 60 40 wire solder for plumbing, or 60 40 bar solder for plumbing.
Introduction of 60 40 wire and bar solder for plumbing:
The 60 40 solder for plumbing can be either 60 40 wire solder for plumbing or 60 40 bar solder for plumbing. No matter for which type, the composition is 60% tin and 40% lead. This type of solder has a low melting point a around 190℃ which is an temperature easier to work with.
The 60 40 wire and bar solder contains lead, thus it's only suitable for soldering of plumbing for heating and cooling purpose, not suitable for soldering drinking water plumbing.
If using the 60 40 wire solder for plumbing, we recommend to use the solid core, and then apply the external flux before doing the soldering. Rosin flux core wire solder, it could be good enough too, but by applying a bit more external flux, the solder might better molten and flowed to fill in the joint.
How to use 60 40 wire and bar solder for plumbing joining?
Sand the joint area of both the copper pipe and the fittings, to make sure the surface is clean. As copper surface is tarnished most of the time.
Brush the external flux evenly all over the joint area. Use torch gun to heat up the joint area and the flux.
Put the wire solder or bar solder 60 40 directly contact with the joint area, under the help of flux, the solder will melt and flow to fill up the gap of the joint, make sure you keep heating up the joint area with the torch gun during this process.
If you need to buy 60 40 wire solder for plumbing or 60 40 bar solder for plumbing in bulk, contact us.
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