[sdiy] Soldering Techniques

[James Patchell]

Kester 44 is, without a doubt, one of the top resin fluxes.  I use this for 
all my general purpose soldering, and in general, it is not necessary to 
clean it off.  I use it in particular in situations where I cannot clean 
after soldering.

At 10:58 PM 5/9/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>I like Kester 44
>
>The flux dries hard as soon as it cools... it can be cracked
>off the board with a pointy object (I use a not-too-sharp scratch
>awl)... and then brushed off with a dry toothbrush.  No chemicals at
>all.
>
>It can be left on the board and removed this way, months or even YEARS
>later.
>
>H^) harry
>
>Oren Leavitt wrote:
> >
> > I love the Kester "331" organic flux solder for stuff that can be water
> > washed. Be sure and wash the board really well after soldering. I
> > usually follow with one last rinse in distilled or deionized water and
> > dry the PCB with blow dryer. Any residual flux becomes corrosive after a
> > while.
> >
> > - Oren
> >
> > Aaron Lanterman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 9 May 2006, Ahmad Al-Haidar wrote:
> > >
> > >>  Lead is a heavy metal that formed on earth millions of years ago as
> > >> an end of life product from radioactive minerals.  It is a "natural
> > >> waste"
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd recommend everyone check out the organic solder that Paul puts in
> > > his kits. That stuff is fantastic.
> > >
> > > You have to wash the board after using it though, or it leaves this
> > > nasty flaky crud that's different than the usual flux crud.
> > >
> > > I know that from seeing some student boards. ;)
> > >
> > > - Aaron
> > >
> > > 
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         -Jim
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