[sdiy] To SMT orNot to SMT.. that is my question

[Roman Sowa]

well I'm in Europe and I get it in local (by means of www) store, as 
well as most walk-in stores near by.
Try your favorite parts supply, I'm sure they'll have it.

Roman

W dniu 2013-12-20 22:11, cheater00 . pisze:
> Can it be bought in europe easily?
>
> On 20 Dec 2013 22:09, "Roman Sowa" <modular at go2.pl
> <mailto:modular at go2.pl>> wrote:
>
>     RMA gel flux from Cookson and regular IPA. Absolutely no residue,
>     cleans perfectly.
>     I tried many fluxes and this one is the best.
>
>     Roman
>
>     W dniu 2013-12-20 20:54, MTG pisze:
>
>         What are people using for flux and cleanup? I'm using a large MG No
>         Clean Flux Paste syringe and while it solders great it does tend to
>         leave quite a mess. Then I cleanup with good IPA but this tends
>         to leave
>         a sticky residue that takes a long time to dry. Hate that.
>
>         On 12/20/2013 11:21 AM, Barry Klein wrote:
>
>             An Optivisor is a good thing to have around for small stuff
>             (>0402).
>             I picked up the habit of having one on my head a lot from
>             Leo Fender
>             years ago.  He had one, George Fullerton had one, I had/have
>             one.
>             An Aoyue 8032 heat gun is good for chip removal but be
>             careful with
>             them as they don't take abuse well.  Ours last about 4
>             months before
>             dying.
>             I use one of those USB microscopes (http://www.dinolite.us/
>             ) for
>             placement of scope or meter probes on things that normally
>             you tend to
>             short out while testing.  I've never tried it for soldering.
>             Put the liquid rosin flux stuff in a syringe.  Grainger
>             sells the
>             syringes.
>             Use "evil" lead/tin solder for lower melting temperature when
>             soldering things that have a ground pad.
>             "Outlaw bullets not solder" is my motto...  :-)
>
>
>             Barry
>
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