[sdiy] solder questions

[harrybissell]

HAH....

read the fine print. It is still available in both 60-40 AND 63-37

the 60-40 is cheaper, guess what I use....

H^) harry

Paul Higgins wrote:

> Thanks for all the helpful replies.  It's good to see that I'm not the
> only one on the list who solders "old school" with the Kester 44 (well,
> I think in the REALLY old days it was 60/40, now 63/37).
>
> Is it generally accepted that the newfangled no-clean and other
> reformulated solders basically don't "wet" the connection as well as
> old-fashioned rosin-core solder?  I've heard that before but never had
> a chance to put it to the test.  I imagine the organic-core stuff
> (organic acid?) does a pretty good job of wetting the connection, what
> with the high temperatures and low pH.  But I'm almost never doing
> exclusively PC work, so I'm not really in the market for the
> organic-core stuff right now.
>
> -PRH