Old age is messing with my memory
Years ago, when I worked for "Big Blue" Computer Co., we sometimes used a paste solder that you put on the joint and then applied heat and it made a tight neat solder joint. Appearently it was ground up solder in a liquid rosin paste.
Has anyone run onto this? If so, what is it called? Where can I obtain some? What is a brand name?
The stuff is great for making neat, quick solder joints on rail as well as electronics.
Thanks for any direction you can point me in!
John T in de cow pasture
Jay
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I still use solder paste for certain mrr applications. I have a tube of silver based solder paste I picked up some years ago. I keep the tube in the freezer and onlu use it once in a while. It sure was nice to smear a thin coat along the leads of a chip. Touch a hot iron to each lead and the solder would flow perfectly. With a clean hot tip, no solder bridges.
Here is a bunch that you can read.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&q=solder+paste&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search+the+Web
Rich
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Guys, THANKS!
You would think I'd have sense enough to do a Google search All I can do is claim senility
Again, thanks.
John T from the cow pasture
I had a tube of that silver bearing paste solder, but I never could get satisfactory results from it. But the salesman who sold it to me sure could solder paperclips with it, using a lighter!
I wonder where I put that stuff?
Rotor
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