solder preferences

[Rob]

Your iron is DEFINITELY not hot enough.. hehehe.. no wonder..
you just ball up a bunch of solder with what you are doing! ;)

I would say anything above 620 and you should be okay.. But try various
settings till you get the one that suits you.

I have used multicore noclean for 2 years and never had probs..

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: J.G. Wong <adaaxs at erols.com>
To: <blacet at metro.net>
Cc: <Echophazer at aol.com>; <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: solder preferences


> I have been using Multicore no - clean and it it is a struggle getiing
> it to flow in the direction of the board despite gravity.
>
> As much as I don't like rosin core solder, it flows easily and can be
> used for all connections and I go twice as fast.
>
> Is there something I am missing in working the new stuff ? I use a
> decent station with a pointed tip and normally 530-570 Farenheit.
>
> Best
>
> G Wong
>
> John E Blacet wrote:
> >
> > Kester 331 for the board; cleans up with warm WATER.
> >
> > Kester 245 for parts and connections that can't be washed. This is a
> > "No-Clean", low flux residue product.
> >
> > Forget ordinary rosin core solder! Hardly anyone in the industry uses
> > this anymore.
> >
>