[AT] soldering

[Bill "Bear" Hood]

I am late on this thread but you could ask any electric motor shop or starter alternator shop and they will have cans of rosin flux for electric/electronics usage.  I have a good friend who runs a one man motor rebuild/rewind/repair shop, as did his father before him,  and he buys the old yellow cans with green print by the case and I just tell him I need to steal another can.

I keep several of these around the shops along with acid flux and silver solder fluxes of various storts.  I don't think my plumbing joints are near as good now as they were with "real" lead solder.  Yes, the smell of hot resin flux is a good memory maker--just smells like something acomplished.

Bear
Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear

--- c.britton at worldnet.att.net wrote:

From: "Chris Britton" <c.britton at worldnet.att.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] soldering
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:01:03 -0400

Rosin flux.. is there any other? (grin).  ( yes... i know.. acid flux.. 
paste flux.. etc.. )

I kinda thought it went without mention.. anytime you are doing 'electronic' 
soldering.. you use rosin flux.  98% of my solder experience is with 
electronics.. though i have certiantly sweated a few pipes together...

Soundguy

>From: kgw <gwaugh at wowway.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] soldering
>I just want to throw this out on this thread---as a retired plumber I
>have done a LOT of soldering, but not much along these lines.  I imagine
>that it would be important to use ROSIN flux  as opposed to the more
>readily available acidic plumbing fluxes available?
>Gene Waugh
>Elgin, Illinois USA 


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