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MrBungle · 9th Mar 2018, 6:19 pm

I worry about some brands of solder. My father bought cheap solder back in the 1970s and it did some serious damage to the boards in the stuff he built. Has been a nightmare cleaning it up. When he switched to rosin cored multicore after nicking a roll from work, the stuff has been fine.

9th Mar 2018, 6:19 pm	#34
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: Availability of Leaded Solder? I worry about some brands of solder. My father bought cheap solder back in the 1970s and it did some serious damage to the boards in the stuff he built. Has been a nightmare cleaning it up. When he switched to rosin cored multicore after nicking a roll from work, the stuff has been fine.