How To Solder Gutters With Heat Gun

A pencil styled iron above right and a soldering gun.

How to solder gutters with heat gun.

Brush the area to be soldered with spirits of salts hydrochloric acid. The solder should run underneath the overlap. Photo by peter meretsky the hot spots. A pistol style gun with variable controls which is safer than a single temperature wand style one.

The iron takes longer to heat up but is less expensive. Since roofing does not require as much accuracy as working with tiny components the usual soldering iron for roofing has a broad tip that can heat very quickly and is often assisted by gas to maintain its heat in windy conditions. This should take no longer than a minute. To add a single new component to the board first place some solder paste on the component.

When soldering two components together you want to touch the area where they join with the soldering iron. 2 soldering metal gutters. When your bolt is hot enough to easily melt and take the lead place it on the piece to heat that and feed the led slowly keeping the bolt on the overlap. Hold the iron in your dominant hand and a long piece of solder in your other hand.

It takes a bit of skill when soldering copper gutters. For painting never had any of my gutters peel i washed them with tsp then lq thinner followed by an etch with some diluted muriatic acid and water washed. Metal gutters for homes are held together by soldering. Https goo gl c78rza as well as all kinds of other diy jobs a heat gun is very handy for soldering copper pipes.

It s most suitable for working with soft s. Then fire the heat gun onto the solder paste holding the component with tweezers or another tool that won t catch fire until it becomes shiny. The other problem is installing a long section of gutter after you solder it together its like trying to string up a length of pasta takes several guys to keep it from twisting and kinking.