[sdiy] Larry's MOTM/diy/AH pages

[patchell]

vitreousflux wrote:

> Very nice pictures!
>
> One question I have from seeing his progress list: why
> does he say at one stage, "organic solder done" ? I've
> been using just one kind of solder for whole
> projects....
>
> It looks like what's left after his organic solder is
> cabling, mostly. Is it a diff type of solder used for
> cabling so as to reduce corrosion?
>
> Rob

    Being a big user of Organic solder myself, I must emphasize that
when you use organic core flux (I use Kester 331), you MUST! clean what
you solder.  When you solder wires, the flux will wick up the wire,
under the insulation, where you cannot get at it, and it will corrode
the wires, no doubt about that.  Keeping the two solders straight can be
a big pain in the neck.  I sometimes grab the wrong roll.  And while on
the subject.  Never mix rosin and organic flux.  You must completely
remove one flux before using the other, otherwise, you end up with a
very corrosive MESS!.  I wish I had taken pictures of the results of
mixing both fluxes.  The results are extremely dramatic (espesially when
you also combine a 300AMP power supply in the mix).

--
 -Jim
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