On 12/03/2010 17:38, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Leon Heller wrote:
>> I drag-solder the leads with a mini-hoof Metacal cartridge. It's just as
>> quick and no cleaning up with desolder braid is needed. Plenty of gel
>> flux is essential.
>
> Where have you been getting gel-type solder flux from? I've never seen
> it in any of the UK distributor catalogues (Farnell, Rapid, etc.)
>
> I've been using the Circuitworks (ITW-Chemtronics) and Electrolube flux
> pens and the Electrolube SMFL flux spray -- they worked OK, but the gel
> flux I "liberated" from a Chipquik kit worked even better...
>
I get it from Warton Metals:
http://www.warton-metals.co.uk/They lost the details of my first order (they'd just started using
on-line ordering). When I phoned them to find what happened to the items
I'd ordered they supplied them for nothing.
Leon
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Leon Heller
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