[sdiy] PCB tin

[Chris CROSSKEY]

Rapid do tin crystals, 90g of crystals in a bottle ready to be mixed up got 
me about 15 6"x4" boards plated up for 9 quid plus the dreaded..... they do 
a bigger bottle/pack that I'm about to buy.... we could split if you 
want....
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chrisc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed cope" <ed at wide.eu.org>
To: "synth diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] PCB tin


> sounds good, anyone know of sources in the UK?
>
> ed
>
> mark verbos wrote:
>
>> This stuff is hot. I didn't use it in the beginning, and those PCBs look 
>> like they were left out in the rain. As soon as I started with the tin, 
>> they started keeping their condition. They look really cool too. I get 
>> lots of boards out of one bottle.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Arnold wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 06:26:11PM +0000, ed cope wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have some new PCB's that I am about to put together and i haven't 
>>>> ever realy done anything with real PCBs yet (just stuff on stripboard 
>>>> and plugblock stuff).  So what is the best way to preapare for 
>>>> soldering, i read that you could just get a rework flux spray and that 
>>>> would do?  I also heard that chemical tin is quite expensive?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/421.html
>>>
>>> $25 from JDR :
>>> http://www.jdr.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=MG-421-500ML
>>>
>>> You can get quite a few PCBs out of one bottle.
>>>
>>> I guess it depends how you define "expensive" :-)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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