[Elecraft] Organic Rosin Core Solder

[Sandy]

A water soulable flux would be absolutely a disaster in this humid place!  You';d
wind up with leakage paths you'd NEVER be able to trace out!  I hear the Europeans
 in places have banned solder with lead!

I think electronics people and bullet casters will have to have a special permit
or license to possess lead before long!  (If the environmental whackos have 
their way!  The anti-gun folks will jump on this bandwagon too, be assured!)

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Brown" <DolfinDon at msn.com>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Organic Rosin Core Solder


| Hi
| 
| This sounds like water soluble flux. This stuff needs to be cleaned off as 
| soon as possible or it will cause corrosion. Normally is is cleaned in 
| distilled water in a special washing machine. I would suggest placing your 
| circuit boards in the dishwasher and run it through the normal cycle. 
| Alcohol, acetone or other petroleum based cleaners will not work on this 
| flux it is designed to be cleaned with water. This stuff is difficult to use 
| without the proper techniques. Use the recommended rosin core flux and 
| cleaning is a non issue.
| 
| Don Brown
| 
| KD5NDB
| 
| 
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "W0YG, Charlie Summers" <w0yg at myawai.com>
| To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
| Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 5:38 PM
| Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Organic Rosin Core Solder
| 
| 
| > John:
| >
| > Sorry to hear of your problem when your project went along so well.  Gary
| > recommended to me to use Acetone to clean off solder resin.  You might try
| > that to see if it cuts the apparent tarnish.
| >
| > Sounds like you might have to redo every solder joint on the RF board 
| > after
| > removing as much of the offending solder as possible.
| >
| > 73,
| >
| > Charlie, W0YG..>>
| >
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