Recommend me a good tool to clean and deburr copper pipe

[keen2learn]

Hi all, I need to adjust the piping slightly for a new bathroom radiator, and I want to prep the pipes properly what do you guys/girls recommend for deburring the interior and exterior of the pipe and making sure it's nice and clean so I get good joints

Thanks in advance

 

[pete50]

As long as you use a proper pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw a pipe cutter will chamfer the edge inwards so no burr. I don't see why you would worry about an internal burr but a small half round file will get rid of that. Then to clean use wire wool. I don't know whether you are going to solder or use compression joints, I would solder but I would use pre-soldered fittings but that is only because I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess. Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint. Get yourself a solder blanket to protect the surrounding stuff.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexible...hash=item568825bca1:m:m72EPwPfeuSYkyyK_sMIx2g

I have seen them a bit bigger than this and a little bit cheaper.

Someone no doubt will come along and say what a load of rubbish. That is the nature of this forum. But it is the way I have done it for years and it works for me. I am not a plumber but I was an electronics engineer and I do understand soldering techniques

 

[keen2learn]

As long as you use a proper pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw a pipe cutter will chamfer the edge inwards so no burr. I don't see why you would worry about an internal burr but a small half round file will get rid of that. Then to clean use wire wool. I don't know whether you are going to solder or use compression joints, I would solder but I would use pre-soldered fittings but that is only because I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess. Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint. Get yourself a solder blanket to protect the surrounding stuff.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexible...hash=item568825bca1:m:m72EPwPfeuSYkyyK_sMIx2g

I have seen them a bit bigger than this and a little bit cheaper.

Someone no doubt will come along and say what a load of rubbish. That is the nature of this forum. But it is the way I have done it for years and it works for me. I am not a plumber but I was an electronics engineer and I do understand soldering techniques

Thanks for your response

 

[Dan Robinson]

As long as you use a proper pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw a pipe cutter will chamfer the edge inwards so no burr. I don't see why you would worry about an internal burr but a small half round file will get rid of that. Then to clean use wire wool. I don't know whether you are going to solder or use compression joints, I would solder but I would use pre-soldered fittings but that is only because I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess. Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint. Get yourself a solder blanket to protect the surrounding stuff.

[LINKHL]4812[/LINKHL]

I have seen them a bit bigger than this and a little bit cheaper.

Someone no doubt will come along and say what a load of rubbish. That is the nature of this forum. But it is the way I have done it for years and it works for me. I am not a plumber but I was an electronics engineer and I do understand soldering techniques

Not too much wrong with that advice..... Other than the paranoia


Oh and the flux thing.....

I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess.

Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint

There's ya problem....

Most DIY'ers use too much heat for too long with too much flux slathered everywhere. You just need a small amount wiped on the pipe. NEVER in the fitting.

 

[Dan Robinson]

But hey - what do I know about soldering?

 

[45yearsagasman]

Use plenty of flux inside the fitting

Absolutely wrong advice. Never put flux on the inside of a fitting. Flux only the pipe, but you can clean the inside of the fitting if you like. Fluxing the fitting only pushes excessive flux inside the pipe. Sorry about the repeat advice, but it needs saying.
Oh yes I'm another one of those so called experts.

 

[45yearsagasman]

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But hey - what do I know about soldering?

Dan, you forgot the ptfe on the compression joints.

 

[Dan Robinson]

 

[keen2learn]

As long as you use a proper pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw a pipe cutter will chamfer the edge inwards so no burr. I don't see why you would worry about an internal burr but a small half round file will get rid of that. Then to clean use wire wool. I don't know whether you are going to solder or use compression joints, I would solder but I would use pre-soldered fittings but that is only because I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess. Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint. Get yourself a solder blanket to protect the surrounding stuff.

[LINKHL]4812[/LINKHL]

I have seen them a bit bigger than this and a little bit cheaper.

Someone no doubt will come along and say what a load of rubbish. That is the nature of this forum. But it is the way I have done it for years and it works for me. I am not a plumber but I was an electronics engineer and I do understand soldering techniques

Not too much wrong with that advice..... Other than the paranoia


Oh and the flux thing.....

I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess.

Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint

There's ya problem....

Most DIY'ers use too much heat for too long with too much flux slathered everywhere. You just need a small amount wiped on the pipe. NEVER in the fitting.

Thanks Dan, sorry for slow reply never got a notification either from the app or E-mail, that's impressive pipe work I will not flux in the fitting

 

[keen2learn]

As long as you use a proper pipe cutter rather than a hacksaw a pipe cutter will chamfer the edge inwards so no burr. I don't see why you would worry about an internal burr but a small half round file will get rid of that. Then to clean use wire wool. I don't know whether you are going to solder or use compression joints, I would solder but I would use pre-soldered fittings but that is only because I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess. Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint. Get yourself a solder blanket to protect the surrounding stuff.

[LINKHL]4812[/LINKHL]

I have seen them a bit bigger than this and a little bit cheaper.

Someone no doubt will come along and say what a load of rubbish. That is the nature of this forum. But it is the way I have done it for years and it works for me. I am not a plumber but I was an electronics engineer and I do understand soldering techniques

Not too much wrong with that advice..... Other than the paranoia


Oh and the flux thing.....

I'm not very good with solder on a roll and tend to make a mess.

Use plenty of flux inside the fitting and and on the cleaned joint

There's ya problem....

Most DIY'ers use too much heat for too long with too much flux slathered everywhere. You just need a small amount wiped on the pipe. NEVER in the fitting.

Use plenty of flux inside the fitting

Absolutely wrong advice. Never put flux on the inside of a fitting. Flux only the pipe, but you can clean the inside of the fitting if you like. Fluxing the fitting only pushes excessive flux inside the pipe. Sorry about the repeat advice, but it needs saying.
Oh yes I'm another one of those so called experts.

Thanks for your response sorry for slow reply I didn't get a notification of your reply