[Boatanchors] What is "No Clean" solder?

[rbethman]

Phil,

Usually it ends up being ROHS crap in lieu of the old rosin core we are 
all used to.

You can go to Lowe's or Home Depot, and both carry larger diameter rosin 
core rolls.

The problem is that they are too small in length to bother with!

I just keep up with the Kester and Ersin Multicore brands.  Ersin 
Multicore will cost you more as it is now only manufactured in the UK.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN

On 7/15/2015 5:03 PM, Phil wrote:
> My present roll of Alpha 63/37 is down to it's last wrap on the roll, 
> so I had to order some solder today (Leaded solder ONLY please). As I 
> had to order some other stuff from Mouser anyway (I find their on-line 
> search format clumsy, but am getting used to it), I ordered from them.
>
> I wanted to order two rolls, one .031 thin and one thicker for 
> PL-259's etc, as leaded solder is getting more difficult to find and 
> more dear in price.  I figured two pounds would last me quite a long 
> time.
>
> Well, I found the .031 Activated Rosin core OK, but the ONLY thicker 
> Kester I found was .062 "No Clean" at nearly half again the price 
> (about $45 vs. $31 per pound).  So I opted for two rolls of the .031, 
> figuring it's the same amount of solder, just have to use a longer 
> length on large connections.  It should last me quite a while, unless 
> I go "building crazy" (have been lately).
>
> But what is "no clean" rosin core solder and what makes it so dear in 
> price?  Surely it can't do that much better a job. . .
>