I had some issue stopping the water completely during a solder job.

I was getting nervous but I managed to get it soldered with the help of a wet vac. The solder seemed to flow normal and was able to make the joint without overheating it and with just normal effort.

Turned the water back on, no spray and I didn't see any slow drips after looking for a few minutes too.

I hope I am OK, but I was wondering...

if water was getting into the joint... would the solder flow at all? Or would I see/know some other way? If no leak upon turning it back on than I am good to go... right?



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that's a hard one to answer. if the solder ran around the joint and was nice and liquidy (is that a word?), i would say you are OK.
unfortunately the only way to know for 100% sure is to take it apart.

It's not so much the water , it's more the steam that causes problems soldering. The steam can blow out between the pipe and fitting, removing any solder that was there. If it's lot leaking now I'd say it's ok.

It flowed nicely the same as they usually do when water is not present.

I was thinking if it was an issue I would know something was different by "feel" or that the solder wouldn't have flowed at all.