Solder paste plus flux

[Edmund Forsythe]

This works for cleaning the soldering iron .

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Found this on line , was a good price and it works real good . A little bit of acetone and the residue disappears .

Found this on eBay , real cheap and it works real good .

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[Shaun Symonds]

Hi Edmund
Yeah I use a similar stuff to the small tub works very well, lot easier than traditional soldering wire.

Shaun

[Edmund Forsythe]

Right now the stuff is cheap from China and to where I'm at the postage is free . I believe the Chinese goverment is subsidizing the post to keep their economy going . But be ready for the sticker shock , it's coming .

[Bryan Krueger]

Do you have a link for the ebay listing?

[Edmund Forsythe]

Just do a word search for solder paste , not sure if this seller still has some , same with the tip refresher . If you are in the USA then you could look for free shipping , this items took seven days to get to me .

[Bryan Krueger]

I looked and did not see this listing. If you have a name/link to the ebay vendor I can look it up that way.

Is the tip refresher the same as tip tinner.

[Edmund Forsythe]

The solder paste I got from a dealer wellparts , the tip cleaner was from mytopluck . They were both free shipping . The reason I said do a search is because there's so many of them out there size , quantity , containers and all of that stuff .

[Gary Boxall]

Personally I find the paste in those tubs a litle too grainy. I find the stuff in a syringe is much better - http://www.ebay.com/itm/100g-Syringe-Di ... 6766wt_908

Gary

[Edmund Forsythe]

How's the shelf life of the syringes ? Do you have to take the tip off and clean it or does the solder paste stay relatively moist ?

[Chris Smith]

After 3 years mine is getting a little dry but is still usable. Wouldn't recommend trying it for anything other than PE anymore though

Chris