Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:15:57 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:

>
> I removed -all- the solder right down to the bare copper, then used
> that electroless tin plate. Cleaned the lead oxide off of the spring
> contacts in the connector, and the game was golden after that.
> Steve Greenfield


I reckon you can use tin-only solder these days or tin-only plumbing  
solder paste. You'd need to make a thin coat but it should not have the  
problems you saw with the lead.

You are right tinning is not a good word, but what would you call it?  
soldering? solder plating? tin/lead plating? not really.

In a few years when they have taken all lead solder away and we have run  
out of our stocks the problem will solve itself ;-)

ST