[Lab] which solder paster to get

[Michael Ayukawa]

If you are feeling very "DIY", you can apparently make your own rosin flux from pine sap and alcohol.
http://smokedprojects.blogspot.ca/2012/09/diy-solder-flux-from-pine-resin.html

And more on different flux types and the DIY but using commercial rosin:
http://themakersworkbench.com/DIY-Solder-Flux
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Flux,_flux,_flux


On 2012-10-10, at 11:12 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Henri Kuschkowitz wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I was just wondering if anyone had a particular solder paste to
>> recommend I should get that stands out from others?
> 
> I got both liquid with a one-time use syringe and a paste.
> 
> The liquid ate away at they syringe and started to eat away at the
> plastic, making it leak, then drying out, indeed making it one-time use.
> 
> I still have the liquid bottle with no applicator, but also have the
> paste, so I now mostly use the paste.
> 
> Make sure you get a flux paste rather than an acid paste.  This
> shouldn't be difficult because I think the acid paste is deprecated or
> only used in heavy duty applications.
> 
> As far as brands go, I don't remember any other than Kester...
> 
>> Henri
> 
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