Abstract: A nonferrous nipple fitting apparatus and of the type that is preserved for future use in the field of plumbing. The nipple having two clean, xerotic surface recess fitting sections on its outer wall. A volume of inert gas has precluded oxidation of the recess fitting sections by surrounding the segment to be made into a nipple, before the fitting sections are established on the wall surface of the segment. A gas-impermeable bag surrounds the nipple and the volume of inert gas, after recess fitting sections are established on the pipe's wall surface within that volume. The apparatus provides a nonferrous pipe nipple fitting for solder-bonding, having clean, dry surface recess fitting sections that are preserved for future use. The preserved nipple fitting has a physical structure that will achieve a more reliable and complex textural integration when solder-bonded to corresponding fittings, when compared to any prior art (fittings) considered to be preserved in a state of material readiness.