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A good flux for soldering?
TwinStar:
I have two containers of this and have been using the first one since 2008. I build a LOT of track and probably won't need to open the second one for another decade.
https://www.handlaidtrack.com/sp-0063
G8B4Life:
Thanks Jacob, but that flux is acid based - not for electronics. The web page even say not for electronics :)
I did find the flux Alan pointed me to locally (relatively speaking, in the next state from me) but wow, for a total price of about $33 I'll wait for an eBay voucher to get a discount from the "local" suppliers eBay store.
I did find it's cousin (MG 8351) for much cheaper but I don't think that one would be quite the same; it says it's for wave soldering etc.
- Tim
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on May 19, 2020, 12:17:13 PM ---Thanks Jacob, but that flux is acid based - not for electronics. The web page even say not for electronics :)
I did find the flux Alan pointed me to locally (relatively speaking, in the next state from me) but wow, for a total price of about $33 I'll wait for an eBay voucher to get a discount from the "local" suppliers eBay store.
I did find it's cousin (MG 8351) for much cheaper but I don't think that one would be quite the same; it says it's for wave soldering etc.
- Tim
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I didn't catch that! Good thing I'm limited to track work mostly. I did order some rosin flux to keep on hand when the needs arises though.
Espeelark:
I started using "Superior No.30 Supersafe™ Soldering Flux GEL" middle last year. The name says "gel", but its actually fairly thin. Supposedly doesn't contain any rosins or strong acids. I haven't used it for anything like what you originally described, but have used it for making turnouts (FastTracks) and soldering 22AWG feeder wires to the side of rails. Here's a link to the web page.
https://www.hnflux.com/page36.html#!/4-fl-oz-Superior-No-30-Supersafe%E2%84%A2-Soldering-Flux-GEL/p/49877323
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