I have some Radio Shack rosin soldering flux in a 2 oz plastic container with threaded top. It would last me three lifetimes but is getting to where the residue on the threads is drying out and seizing up and I soon will break the plastic forcing it off. I tried alcohol to clean it up and that didn't seem to work. What will??
Thank you.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Try some lacquer thinner if you have it available. I have some resin flux in a plastic (nylon?) bottle with a long, metal spout. My problem has been the spout clogging up if it sits too long unused. The opening in the spout is smaller than what a sewing pin will go into.
That might work. Just be careful with the palstic bottle. The flux I have is SolderSafe brand, it's water soluable, so it washes off with just water. Silly me, I bought a jar of paste and a jar of liquid - I never use the liquid, and all the liquid is is the paste with some added distilled water. However, at the rate I seem to be using it, the jar of paste will last me a long long time.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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70% alcohol (blue label) won't touch it. The 91% alcohol (red label) will work. That is all I use to clean up rosin flux from circuit boards, track feeders, and other soldering projects.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Thanks, I'll try those.
LION likes not Radio Shack Flux. Him used to the tin of Nokorode flux. Left that open for years with no problem, RS dried out so quickly that I have to keep it closed. [PITA] LION needs two paws to open it, needs surgical gloves to protect nice furry paws of him, uses a scrap of wood (think match stick) to transfer a small amount. Is still a big mess to handle.
At the moment there is a cat at my window. She says "meow" to all of you, and if she thinks she is going to get fed this early, she has another thing coming.
ROAR
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Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Woof does not like Nokorode flux (Sorry, Lion); it is greasy, and if it says it has "Zinc chloride" or "Ammonium chloride" in it, then it is corrosive. Denatured alcohol should dissolve rosin flux. Trichlorethylene will too (if you can find it), but don't breathe a lot of it.
Remember: In South Carolina, North is southeast of Due West... HIOAg /Bill