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Old 05-02-15, 11:30
keithy2 keithy2 is offline
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Question soap trick?

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Originally Posted by Pleiades View Post
Indeed you can reuse them. I have (usually when I haven't had a new one to hand) and never had a leak. They can get work-hardened over time though but you can easily anneal them and make them soft once again; the copper ones are easy, the aluminium ones are a bit more tricky if you're to avoid melting them (the old soap trick works well).
Hi, whats the old soap trick for aluminium?
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