Passive flux

[AWheating]

im mixing the two together this week as a test, if it works ill post my opinion.

 

[kay-jay]

It works.
Probably not a good idea though as mixing two stable chemical compounds can create a potentially dangerous hybrid.

I abhor powerflux and normally use la-co.
Im doing bathrooms refurbing work on council estate at moment and get provided with powerflux. The acid in it is annoying as it stops fittings going on full slip sometimes and also makes it harder to spin or remove fittings from pipe. So when assembling those hard to reach joints under the bath i use my own la-co but my brush is already covered in powerflux....this is how i know mixing works...:banghead:

 

[AWheating]

i prefere powerflow as it works better but it binds fittings like a titch, so ive been using laco recently. Its ok but does not run and give you the confidence you get with how powerflow works.

I used to mix fluxes years back with good results, but have never tried powerflow and laco. I used to mix powerflow with a non self cleaning flux 50/50 and it worked really well and never caused fittings to bind. My old compay stopped buying the standard flux so i converted to just powerflow but not through choice.

 

[mutley racers]

Bind? Is that flux lock?

 

[AWheating]

Bind? Is that flux lock?

yes?

unless your using your flux for some sort of sexual/medical use??

 

[Mike Jackson]

We were supposed to use powerflow on the warmfront jobs but I never get on with it so I used to get powerflow on the company account and swap it for everflux with a guy who liked it. I them filled an empty powerflow pot with the everflux so if H&S came round it looked like I was using the flux they specified.

 

[hammers4spanner]

who cares !!

 

[Whyme]

Eye: This product has been tested and found to be non-irritating to eyes. Solids may cause
temporary irritation as a foreign object in the eye. trust me it does hurt your eyes. I got a splat of laco in one once and vision went blurry for about 2 hours. i was under the pipe soldering mind.

 

[sky]

eats through copper if not washed off