[sdiy] Soldering to Aluminum

[Peter Grenader]

You could always flood the environment with Argon gas - this is how they
purge oxygen from ground zero when tig-welding titanium!  Either that or you
do your soldering in a vacuum.

just tryin' to be helpful....

- P




karl dalen wrote:

> 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