[Elecraft] Solder shelf life (flux)?

[Sandy]

Never heard of it "spoiling".  Multicore produced some rather 'evil' stuff 
at one time a few years back.  The flux smells peculiar and doesn't work 
well.  Suspect it might be some water washoff type or some low residue 
stuff.  It's really lousy solder whatever they did to it!  Last batch of 
solder I got was Kester 60/40 with "44" flux.  It seems very decent.  I 
still have some Multicore left over from years ago.  The best Multicore 
seemed to come from the UK, but there is a 'division' in USA now I think.

If you get some decent Multicore from Newark, let me know.

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <mike.fairleigh at comcast.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:42 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Solder shelf life (flux)?


> Does solder eventually "go bad?"  I'm sure the metal components don't, but 
> I wonder about the flux.  I'm talking about a span of many years.  I'm 
> using Multicore MM00979.  What I'm using now is fresh, but I'm placing a 
> Newark order for other stuff and thought I might include some more solder 
> if it doesn't spoil.  Thanks.
>
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