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I discovered that the 1.5" TC ferrule I soldered onto my HLT has a hairline crack somewhere in the solder that is causing an extremely slow leak. This was my first stainless solder job and I think what ultimately happened is I didn't apply enough flux between the wall of my kettle and the face of the ferrule (I have one of these: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/tc15rsf.htm).
I already added more solder once to plug an earlier leak, so I'm leaning towards removing the ferrule completely and either resoldering it or getting a standard 1.5" TC ferrule that I can pull through with a dimpling tool like this: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ptbulkhead_tool15tc.htm
I already have 5 other dimpled bulkheads soldered on this vessel and they came out perfect, so I really need to make this work.
Suggestions?
I already added more solder once to plug an earlier leak, so I'm leaning towards removing the ferrule completely and either resoldering it or getting a standard 1.5" TC ferrule that I can pull through with a dimpling tool like this: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ptbulkhead_tool15tc.htm
I already have 5 other dimpled bulkheads soldered on this vessel and they came out perfect, so I really need to make this work.
Suggestions?