Kester 63/37 "405" solder

[ErikMiller]

I finally received my 1lb. spool of the new Kester solder and soldered up a few boards to see how it works.

My initial findings:

As far as wetting goes, it's still not as active as "44," but it wets better than any other no-clean flux I've tried. I was kind of disappointed that it wasn't as active as "44," but I guess there's a reason the stuff has been as popular for as long as it has.

As far as the fumes go, they've got a winner there. Much less visible smoke than I've ever seen from a flux core solder, and what few whiffs of it I got were not nasty/irritating in the slightest. Based on this alone, I don't want to use anything else until they come out with something better.

The only place I could find it for under $20 a pound (and a pound is the minimum) was Contact East. If enough people wanted to try it, Small Bear could probably put together a decent price on it. If you're interested let him know.

[Peter Snowberg]

Cool . Thanks Erik!

Strong words there.

Now what to do with 15/16ths of a pound of "44"? lol!


Take care,
-Peter

[ErikMiller]

Now what to do with 15/16ths of a pound of "44"? lol!

Heh....it's retribution for your making us want to toss our 60/40!