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gmum (IL)
About 6 months ago I did some soldering. Long story short, I had a pair of channel locks on a 1/2" coupling. The teeth of the wrench gouged the coupling a bit.
Its not leaking. But I am concerned about the portion with the gouges from the wrench.
Do you think I jeopardized the integrity of the pipe by gouging up the surface of the coupling?
I considered dripping some solder over the gouges but I fear reheating the fitting and disturbing the joints in close proximity. Complete replacement would turn into a very large job too.
Should I be concerned?
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bernabeu (SC)
unless the gauges are major no sweat
pun intended
surface 'scratches' on a coupling are no problemo
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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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gmum (IL)
I guess the surface scratches on the fitting are kinda deep but I realize its not possible for you to see them of course. They are kind of like the "slices" you might see on a piece of galvanized pipe from a pipe wrench.
A good way to describe the depth is using the "dimple" or stop that is inside the couplings as an example. The inward dimple on the exterior surface of the fitting is deeper than the scratches I am describing.
The other idea for repair (if needed?) I had was spreading a bit of epoxy (the rectroseal brand or jb weld comes to mind) over the gouges... but I am not sure that would do anything other than make it uglier. Reheating it enough to have solder flow and stick to the gouges will make the joints flow, no?
The fitting is in a basement, its not covered so I can observe it.There is no leak or anything that looks like corrosion or anything.
Would you even bother worrying or repairing something like this until it leaks?
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bernabeu (SC)
no problemo
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