Lead-free soldering

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Re: Lead-free soldering

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Neffers wrote: Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:41 pm I've got solder that pre-dates me, works fine. Some bits need a bit of encouragement with a bit of fine abrasive prior to use, to remove the years of oxidisation for a good joint, but there's nothing wrong with it.
Yeah, I'm not taking the expiration date too seriously :D
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Re: Lead-free soldering

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I recommend not eating it after expiry :mrgreen:
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IngoQ wrote: Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:08 pm I recommend not eating it after expiry :mrgreen:
I'm sorry, I was just in the middle of another soldering session. You were saying? :P

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This photo of Rubber_Jonnie keeps making an appearance every so often.
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RJ seems to be quite pretty :-P
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LMAO, maybe not then :o :mrgreen:
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Yup, you can tell that's RJ.. he likes holding the soldering iron with the hot end!!. Then he posts pictures of his burnt fingers.
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