Homebrew PCBs

Many people swear by plain rosin flux, me included.
It's pretty inert so can be left on the boards.

To apply it to a board you can dissolve the rosin in some ethanol or
IPA rubbing alcohol. Put it in a bottle with a dropper cap or brush
cap.
For tinning wires and stuff I just hold the wire against a chunk of
rosin and heat with the iron.

Since rosin comes pretty much straight from the trees it is dirt cheap.

ST

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:01 PM, awakephd <a_wake@...> wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "pgdion1" <pgdion1@...> wrote:

> Okay, I'll have to get some paste flux. I noticed that Radio Shack
> sells a tin of paste rosin flux -- would that be suitable?
>