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

[Roman Sowa]

Resin Mildly Activated

Roman

W dniu 2013-12-20 23:02, cheater00 . pisze:
> Thanks. It was a bit confusing, but googling found it. Cookson in
> Belgium is a distributor. The make of the flux is Alpha and the model is
> 615-25. RMA is the classification. Probably stands for something like
> Reliability and Medical Applications.
>
> Cheers,
> D.
>
> On 20 Dec 2013 22:57, "Roman Sowa" <modular at go2.pl
> <mailto:modular at go2.pl>> wrote:
>
>     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>
>         <mailto: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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