Yes Steve, unless one keeps at one's skills we learnt as a young bloke one tends to lose the buggers. Soldering is deffo one of those. So many materials, Fluxes.?. which one?, Too hot or oo cold etc etc etc Because I was set up with Oxy/ Acet for my work I liked Tobin Bronze & Brown tip Silver Solder. Both are quite workable & don't run too prematurely as you adjust the heat source. Both worked on Copper as well as Mild steel
Sometimes I think we miss giving stuff a bloody good preparation & leave traces of **** behind even though we can not even see it DOOMED from the outset then. Was it a Plastic Watering Can? If so you didn't stand a chance in Hell.[bigrolf] Chuck it.

