Best Solder
Style: Pack of 1 Kester ""44"" 60/40 Solder Rosin ""44"" Is A High Activity Ra Core Flux Designed For Excellent Instant Wetting Action, Even On Nickel Surfaces. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Most solder joints will not require additional flux application unless you are working on an oxidized or contaminated circuit board."
"The diameter works great for the smaller projects I've been working on (small PCBs, etc."
"I believe Kester is a great company that have been making solder for decades."
"I got this upon a recommendation from a friend."
"Purchased a solder reel at the same time, match made in heaven."
"It’s solder."
"Don't waste your money on no name solder!!!"
"I highly recommend​ this solder for use when building FPV Miniquads!"
Rosin" 44" is a high activity RA core flux designed for excellent instant wetting action, even on nickel surfaces.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Do you want a lead solder with a competent flux that will bond your connections like a champ, and give off fumes with the sweet taste of Bismuth salts and antimony that pairs nicely with a glass of Montepulciano or a Sanghiovese? No need for the constant reminder from our electronic devices that die before their time, due to inferior Rohs compliant solders. Take it from me: a scientist; put a roll of this bad boy in your laboratory and watch the panties drop. Fact: women are drawn to the sweet smell of Bismuth salts and the pheromones excreted by a man with acute lead toxicity coursing through his veins are unmistakably unique. Pretty sure Darwin mentions the mechanics of this exact biological drive in his work "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" but I wouldn't know. From observation I can assure you, heat up some of this solder, sit back and watch the women come in droves."
"Kester is a top tier solder company, and the eutectic 63/37 blend flows fast and gives a quick joint."
"I absolutely love this solder for the wiring harnesses I've been making recently."
"Getting this solder made me twice(conservatively) the solder guy I was."
"It made it fun and quicker to do some of my diy projects!"
"Lots of solder for a great price."
"This is some of the best solder I have ever used."
"The best wetting and flowing solder."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"To get a good solder joint, the parts to be joined MUST be clean! Press the hot iron against the joint and touch the solder wire to the iron tip where it contacts the joint. Let a very small amount of solder melt and get drawn into the joint to help heat to travel into the joint. Then touch the solder to the part being soldered. To get a good joint, the JOINT, NOT THE IRON must melt the solder. The solder MUST "wet" the joint and flow into the joint smoothly. Do not try to melt a blob of solder onto the iron's tip and carry it to the joint. It makes soldering it very difficult, so it's usually crimped or welded.. Copper and brass oxide films will also prevent solder from adhering, so even if you CLEAN before soldering, you need a flux to dissolve and prevent oxidation at the joint during soldering. Trying to protect parts from heat by using a low-temperature or undersized iron will actually result in MORE overheating of the parts because the heat will have more time to travel to the part even if the solder joint is unsuccessful. Do this: Use a good temperature-controlled soldering iron such as aWeller W60P 60Watts/120V Controlled Output Soldering Iron with a 1/16" or 1/8" tip for electronics or up to a 1/4" tip for heavier work. I use 600F temperature tips for 60/40 solder, though 700F might be better for lead-free solder. I have been buying Elenco AmeriKit Learn to Solder Kits for my kids, nieces, nephews, and friends who want to learn to solder."
"This is a high quality solder that I have used on multiple occasions when trying to get the best connection btw two wires spliced wires."
"Works even better with your soldering tip and connection coated in a bit of rosin / flux."
"That's probably the reason lead solder was recommended to me as being easier to use."
"The rosin core definitely helped with wetting and oxidation problems, and 60 Pb / 40 Sn works at lower temperature than many of the lead-free alternatives."
"I simply applied the Alpha Fry solder over the old joints and suddenly had a smooth, shiny solder joint."
"It's kind of hard the really "rate" solder, because if you're gun stinks, then no solder is going to work properly."
"It's the best for electrical wires, but it shouldn't be used with cold-heat solders."
Best Soldering Flux
Excellent wettability, no clean, non-conductive, non-tacky residues, compatible with lead free and leaded solder systems, thixotropic paste and RoHS compliant.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good stuff."
"Fast delivery."
"Used this to do some TV repairs."
"Just what I needed to reflow a micro USB connector."
"Will buy more when needed."
Best Brazing Rods
Size: 3/32" |. Style: 10# Box. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These filler rods seem to work well, they are a bit long to try and handle but I've seen many people like to cut the 3 ft long rods in half to make them more manageable."
"Great rods, burn nice, not a lot of contaminants like some of the other cheaper filler I've bought before."
"Seems like a good value and I've been really happy with the quality."
"Just normal, good quality welding rods."
"learng TIG, so I really needed these."
"good product, fast delivery."
"Item as advertized looks good."
Best Brazing Flux
To use: apply paste flux to all leads with syringe; melt ChipQuik alloy on all pins of SMD; with wide iron tip; maintain alloy in a molten state long enough to release chip; lift chip from board with pick-up tool.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Helped me replace a qfn48 that was very tight fit."
"Love this flux."
"This stuff is great, will be buying again."
"I use this mainly to desolder terminal strips as well as high pin-count SMD packages."
"At work I use liquid rosin flux but this is much more suitable for home use."