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A lighter is difficult to use while trying to slightly melt the two ends to be joined. A candle used to melt one side and then the other allows the ends to be joined and the joined end to cool in less than 4 seconds.
If I don't have a soldering iron handy, I can still use the mod minus smoothing the seam. For large diameters, I roll the seam over the flame to smooth it.