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Unread 03-12-2002, 07:14 PM   #32
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Originally posted by EMC2
:shrug: Either an old batch or something with your method (hard to tell without watching). The part about "more paste stuff burning off than metal melting" sounds like something amiss for sure. The paste does contain a mild flux, but it shouldn't "burn". And the metal in the paste should melt and flow. (you weren't applying the flame directly to the paste were you?)
No I tried it just like regular solder, letting the material do the melting. Maybe the mixture seperated over time or something. Might just be the way I am doing it, but if that is so then they need to redo the directions. If it wasn't $6 a tube I would try it again with a new one.
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