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Where Can I find rosin flux
Where Can I find rosin flux
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rexhea
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July 2004
From: Southeast U.S.A.
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Posted by
rexhea
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 8:34 PM
If you use the medium size rosin core solder you should have plenty of flux to solder anything on a layout including rail joiners. The very small solder is designed for tiny electronic components and doesn't have much flux in it for obvious reasons. One big downside of dipping flux is the mess you will have to clean up for painting or track conductivity.
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 8:00 PM
They have acid flux, and some kind of non-acid flux at Locke Supply, or a large plumbing/electrical/HVAC store. Don't know if it's rosin, but it works pretty well on large wires. Nevery tried it with electronics, I use a very small 7 layer core solder that works amazingly quick and easy.
Hope this helps,
Greg
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grayfox1119
Member since
August 2003
From: Cherry Valley, Ma
3,674 posts
Posted by
grayfox1119
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 6:47 PM
Hi Jeremy, all electronic grade solder has flux within the cores of the solder, so if you are only soldering eelctrical wires, etc. you should be OK. However, if you are trying to solder larger pieces of material, then I can see your possible need for additional paste flux. If you do not have any electronics stores, such as Radio Shack, nearby, you can order on-line also.
What are you trying to solder?
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retsignalmtr
Member since
February 2002
From: Westchester NY
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Posted by
retsignalmtr
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 6:34 PM
i use flux that i buy at plumbing supply stores for sweating copper tubing. it's not acid flux. i used the same stuff that my company supplied to us for soldering contacts into relays for the signal system.
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BRVRR
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February 2004
From: Elyria, OH
2,586 posts
Posted by
BRVRR
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 6:29 PM
Jeremy,
Any good hardware store or electronics supply store should have rosin flux. You have to use it for soldering electronic equipment. Acid flux eats up the components.
If you have Radio Shack Stores or the equivalent in Canada, that's the first place I would look. They also have an assortment of rosin core solders for electronics. That's what I use most of the time.
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tomwatkins
Member since
December 2002
From: US
736 posts
Posted by
tomwatkins
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 6:27 PM
Try an electronics supply store. I get mine at Radio Shack, but I don't know if they have stores north of the border.
Hope this helps,
Tom Watkins
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JeremyB
Member since
March 2003
From: Canada
1,745 posts
Where Can I find rosin flux
Posted by
JeremyB
on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 6:07 PM
he guys
Does anybody know where I can find rosin flux?? I cant find it anywhere all I can find is acid flux. I live in Ontario Canada if that helps
Jeremy
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