[sdiy] Soldering to Aluminum

[harrybissell]

ahhh... you need SNAKE OIL

Its comes in tiny bottles and its very expensive, but
worth every unit of monetary wealth !!!

I sell it, by the way...   :^P

H^) harry

karl dalen wrote:

>  --- Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au> skrev:
> > I used my regular 48 watt Weller soldering iron actually. Do a search on the
> > web - I found the info online originally. Perhaps they might have something
> > more to say.
>
> Hmm, what kind of oil did you use?
>
> I tried bicyckle chin oil ,penut oil, and regular shaft oil!!
>
> KD
>
> > Ken
> >
> > >I could'nt believe my eyes on what Ken wrote so I tried it out
> > >yesterday, and,, no it didnt work out, i sugest that still
> > >aluminium have a higher melting point, i underdstand that
> > >the whole idea is about tinning the surface of the objects
> > >before joining them with a solid tinn joint!
> > >
> > >What a dissapointment! :-(
> > >
> > >Perhaps you used a torch Ken!
> > >Or perhaps i didt all the way wrong!!
> > >
> > >I know that there are some flusses wich are used for
> > >soldering aluminium and stailess steels but oil didt do it!
> > >I have read that a typical alu solder contains: 18% tin, 80%
> > >lead and 2% silver and requires higher temp then a typical
> > >soldeing iron can give!
> > >
> > >Reg
> > >KD
> > > --- Theo <t.hogers at home.nl> skrev:
> > >> Indeed!
> > >> This goes right into my tips and tricks folder.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Theo
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: Czech Martin <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com>
> > >>
> > >>
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