[Shop-talk] more water heater

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, David Hillman wrote:
>> This was before I learned the bread trick.
>
>   Okay, what's the bread trick?

When you have a valve that leaks a little so you keep getting water 
dribbling down into the joint you're trying to solder, take some white 
bread and smush it up into the line to plug it, then solder up the pipe.

The white bread will disolve / wash away when the water is turned back on 
full.

Mark