[sdiy] Soldering to Aluminum

[Czech Martin]

good idea!

What about the platening iron to keep larger pieces of metal
warm, so that the soldering iron does not need so much wattage...

m.c

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Ken Stone
Sent: 08 October 2004 06:52
To: James Patchell
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Soldering to Aluminum


There is a way to solder to aluminium using regular 60/40 solder too. It
does work, though smells a bit. The method is simple - prevent oxygen from
touching your freshly cleaned aluminium. How? wack some thick oil on it.
Scrape it clean through the oil, then solder it, also through the oil. As I
said, it stinks, but it does work!

Ken

>Need opinions on doing this...I have had very mixed results in the 
>past...specifically, what I need to do is solder a stainless steel part to 
>an aluminum part...both metals are iffy to begin with.  Anybody ever do 
>this?  I found a flux searching on the interenet ( Superior Flux 1206) 
>which is supposed to be able to do this.  So far, I have found no place to 
>purchase it.
>
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>         -Jim
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