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Jon_G4MDC · 21st Jul 2019, 9:35 am

Don't mix them by my experience. You get a strange amalgam which is very similar looking to a dry joint.

If you can remove all the lead free apart from the surface layer then resoldering using Tin-Lead makes a good joint.

21st Jul 2019, 9:35 am	#2
Jon_G4MDC Nonode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 2,015	Re: Using Lead free solder. Don't mix them by my experience. You get a strange amalgam which is very similar looking to a dry joint. If you can remove all the lead free apart from the surface layer then resoldering using Tin-Lead makes a good joint.