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Solder paste ?
Posted by NVSRR on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 8:34 AM

What is a good paste?  Not sure which is good for general use from dcc boards to brass.  To many initials in the descriptions .  Figure inshould ask.  What to look for .  

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:16 AM

Solder paste or solder flux?  There is a difference.

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Posted by NVSRR on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:27 AM

Paste. Not flux

 

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 1:42 PM

Solder paste is pulverized solder alloy in paste flux.

What you want is a eutectic solder composition with relatively fine grain size in flux with no-clean composition.  I'll look at some of my references for recommendations later.

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Posted by woodone on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 4:40 PM

What is the paste going to be used for. There are several pastes that are used to solder surface mount components onto PC boards.

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 6:48 PM

I've used this with good results:

https://tinyurl.com/5dwb73ab

A friend gave me some Kester liquid flux which may be the same as this:

https://tinyurl.com/skuvphj8

I use it occasionally but prefer the paste more often.

For etched brass structural assembly I use TIX solder and their liquid flux:

https://tinyurl.com/ytfv762v

Good Luck, Ed

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