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RE: You need liquid solder flux.

Posted by Dawnrazor (A) on January 2, 2009 at 20:09:35

In Reply to: You need liquid solder flux. posted by Al Sekela on January 2, 2009 at 11:04:07:

Hey Al,

Thanks for chiming in. It was your post that caused me to buy this solder.

Anyhow I must say I am a bit lost. Having never used flux (I think the solder I used before had flux in it anyhow??), I am not sure what you mean by "apply" Before the solder goes on so the iron heats the flux and the work? Or after or during?? Do I dip the solder in it then heat??

I just ordered a new solder station because I thought it was merely a heat issue and well it would be nice to control the temp too and hey, I get a new toy for the cables I plan to make.

The tip I used definitely had leaded solder on it and I made some ICs that required me to melt the solder with the iron and not the parts. My system is balanced and these were single-ended so outside of using them for TV, I never listened critically. The person who tried them had all kind of bad things to say about them. In the past this has always been a great design. COuld the method I described above be a reason for a bad sounding IC?

Thanks for the help!

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