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Hello Larry,

I personally prefer water soluble over no-clean.  This is more for
aesthetics than for anything else.  I like a shiny clean assembly when I am
done.  A small paint brush (cut down to a stub) and some water can really
make the PCB shine with water soluble.

Also make sure the type of flux used in the flux pen matches the flux in
your solder.  If you use a no clean flux pen and water soluble solder, the
board will not come clean.

Thanks,
Dave Miller
Cipherlab
888.825.7713



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Barello [mailto:yahoo@barello.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:24 PM
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Cc: srs mailing list
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Solder primer

Ok, I work almost exclusively with AVR, but I have a question about solder!

Of the various choices at Digikey, what is a good, general purpose, solder
to use on small electronic assemblies?

The no-clean and water soluble sound good to me.  I just want to be able to
lay down SMD parts with minimal fuss.  I use a flux pen before hand, so I
suppose the %flux and type isn't that important..

Currently I use .030 no-name solder that I got years ago (it doesn't take
much on small assemblies...) So I am looking at 3.3% flux .020 solder.

Thanks for any advice or opinions.




 
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