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Originally Posted by KenP I don't know if many of you have tried soldering brass etched "bits" together to make something up. It's easy to finish up with a great blob of solder.
I have recently taken to using solder paste. Just apply it with the tip of a screwdriver ( or old brush) and the grey gunk turns into a thin film of solder as you apply the iron.
The drawback is that it is not cheap, about £20-£25 for a 125mL pot. The good news is the pot will last a long, long time.
The stuff I am using is Fryolux Solder Paint, manufactured by Alpha-Fry Technologies, and should be available at a good specialist hardware shop. Not your B&Q or a pots & pans hardware shop |
Another way of soldering up etched brass is to use a very thin rosin core solder that the ham radio nutters use. This solder can be obtained from about 1mm diameter and with the rosin rolled into it as well. You only need to clean the brass,with a bit of fine wet and dry, where you are going to solder, then cut of a bit of this thin solder, say 1mm to 2mm long, whatever you reckon you will need, then lay this bit of solder on the join. Get hold of a windproof cigarette lighter, or "BONG" lighter and just wave this heat scource close to the brass piece, a couple of passes and the solder will run. This way there is NO BLOB of 'shite' left behind from the soldering iron at all, much easier and cleaner. These bong lighters are available from just about everywhere and are cheap and refillable, they throw out the heat that is very adequate for the job in hand.
regards radish
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