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Volenti · 03-09-2002, 11:25 PM

I always "tin" both surfaces before hand with solder, I have found that, even when starting with "clean" or freshley sanded copper, the heat needed to melt the solder very quickly oxidizes the copper, making it dificult to get the solder to stick at all in some cases.

I'm refering to typical resin cored electronic's solder using a butane torch, other methods will have different results.

03-09-2002, 11:25 PM	#12
Volenti Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: in a nice cool spot Posts: 427	I always "tin" both surfaces before hand with solder, I have found that, even when starting with "clean" or freshley sanded copper, the heat needed to melt the solder very quickly oxidizes the copper, making it dificult to get the solder to stick at all in some cases. I'm refering to typical resin cored electronic's solder using a butane torch, other methods will have different results.