S**T Solder !!! What do you use ??

[david656]

" If it smells like chicken , Your holding it wrong ! "

Dave.

P.S I ordered the one i posted now , see what its like. I will report back.....

When I was at school in the mid 2000s I had a nasty habit of soldering circuits and things together in the middle of the night until 3/4am as I could never really sleep. I would do this with headphones on listening to music. One night I thought.... that's weird I can smell bacon... who on earth would cook bacon at this time of the morning... I looked out my window and couldn't see anything, took my headphones off and went to walk away from my desk and it was then my arm got tugged and I realised I was still holding the soldering iron.... like a pencil!!

The dent in all 3 fingers was horrific and so painful when I'd finally realised what I was doing! I guess I'd just got tired and not even realised.

 

[ChrisBEANS]

How would RS know if someone is a professional or not, anyway?

I had to send them a sample of my soldering to prove I was a Pro , Here is the image i sent :-

Said I had passed with flying colours ! lol

Dave.

so much better than the job you did on my MVS! Refund?

 

[TheDaddy]

Colin is correct , I ordered and the order went through and they took my money and now the order wont show so i contacted and they said they cant sell it to me !! I am fuming , why not say this before taking your money and emailing to say " Its on its way ". New regulations :-

I am sorry about that, due to government regulations we are unable to supply, please see the note below:

William
at 14:17, Aug 24:

As of 1st March 2018 it is illegal to
supply products that contain lead to
members of the general public.

The CAS number for lead is 7439-92-1

This mainly affects solder products
including wires and pastes.

 

[big10p]

WTF? Are hobbyists expected to use that lead-free crap now, then?!

 

[TheDaddy]

Yes hobbyist cant buy leaded solder at all !!!

Update :- I have a business account with them but for some reason it was showing as a ' Member of the public ' (Are we not all ??) account. They have sorted it and will get my solder to me tomoz.

My argument with them is why did they send me confirmation and take the money if that was the case ??

Oh well it arrives tomoz , I have changed it to the one with Rosin flux as well.

Dave.

TheDaddy2021-08-24 15:10:40

 

[Chihiro]

I use a T12 soldering station with direct tips so no heat loss when making contact with the solder, along with solder made from non recycled metals (SRA Solder clean core) & also Gauge Master non acid liquid flux, also a flux pen helps for pcb's.

 

[yorkshire_spam]

Yes hobbyist cant buy leaded solder at all !!!

Update :- I have a business account with them but for some reason it was showing as a ' Member of the public ' (Are we not all ??) account. They have sorted it and will get my solder to me tomoz.

My argument with them is why did they send me confirmation and take the money if that was the case ??

Oh well it arrives tomoz , I have changed it to the one with Rosin flux as well.

Dave.

I see a new scam to get free postage on small orders.... buy 1 tube of IC sockets or 20p worth of capacitors (whatever you need), add £30 quid of lead solder to the order. Place the order.

Don't get the solder, demand a refund for that.... get 20p worth of parts with free delivery! WIN!

(Warning.... utterly made up, no idea if it works!)

 

[Mykill]

Nice to know I'm not the only one who's cooked finger tips ,although not as bad.
The iron gets my full attention now every time Mykill2021-08-24 23:14:05

 

[robotech]

I have that cheap solder that you've put at the top the lable is similar anyway
works fine with the metcal and liquid flux I don't have any issues removing it either I wonder if the mix is different between reels as they skimp on materials

Dosent flow as well as the leded dark grey stuff I "borrow" from work though but thats off a really old big reel and the lable is long gone robotech2021-08-25 02:58:02

 

[TheDaddy]

I just finished a role that was great , Had it years. The one I brought does not heat up well ( Says melts at 183 but more like 220 imo, my dolering iron set to 411 and my sucker to 450 and still struggles) so just sucks the top 20% of and makes it flat (Crappy explanation). I thought it was my sucker until i tried it on one i had not added solder to.

Dave.

 

[georgek]

So you wouldn't recommend the RS one then Dave?

 

[TheDaddy]

I have not recieved the RS one yet !!! Thats been ordered. The one i am referring too was from crapbay.

Dave.

 

[tt_rage]

Colin is correct , I ordered and the order went through and they took my money and now the order wont show so i contacted and they said they cant sell it to me !! I am fuming , why not say this before taking your money and emailing to say " Its on its way ". New regulations :-

I am sorry about that, due to government regulations we are unable to supply, please see the note below:

William
at 14:17, Aug 24:

As of 1st March 2018 it is illegal to
supply products that contain lead to
members of the general public.

The CAS number for lead is 7439-92-1

This mainly affects solder products
including wires and pastes.

That's insane. What do they think we're doing to do, eat it?

 

[Kev A]

Am I missing something with these new regulations? the Silverline 60/40 solder I normally use is still available from multiple sellers on eBay.

 

[georgek]

I have not recieved the RS one yet !!! Thats been ordered. The one i am referring too was from crapbay.

Dave.

Doh! My bad!

 

[georgek]

I don't mind ordering extra if anyone on here wants some but if it's illegal to sell to the public would it be frowned upon on here to send it on to members?

 

[TheDaddy]

Yeh i suppose at that point you are selling it illegally !! Not sure why they changed it to be fair.

Dave.

 

[big10p]

Bloody Nanny State.

 

[TheDaddy]

Yeh silly. Its flawed anyway as anyone can sign up for a business account in seconds - they dont ask for proof (Well i font think they do) I assume Farnell is in the same boat ??

Dave.

 

[georgek]

Yeh silly. Its flawed anyway as anyone can sign up for a business account in seconds - they dont ask for proof (Well i font think they do) I assume Farnell is in the same boat ??

Dave.

I asked on the live chat about signing up for a business account and they gave me a link to apply for a business credit account so I signed up for one but needed company number, VAT number etc. Maybe there's a simpler business one?