[chbot] Hot topic Solder paste.

[Charles Manning]

I would expect that using highly variable hobby processes you should have
no problem.
If you were using a production process where everything needs to be tuned
and tweaked then you are more likely to get problems.


On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 10:09 AM Henri Shustak <henri.shustak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am also keen to know how this turns out!
>
> > On 7/12/2019, at 9:44 PM, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > Try a test firing, sounds like a reasonable way to go to me.
> >
> > Interested to know about the flux residue, can it be completely be
> cleaned with IPA ?
> >
> > -mark
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/12/2019 9:32 PM, Marshland Engineering wrote:
> >> I hate throwing things away !!!
> >>
> >> Last time I did some PCBs was 2 years ago. As such my solder paste had
> >> expired. Looked a bit dry. Went to Jaycar and saw some hanging from a
> rack !!!
> >> No fridge.
> >>
> >> Ended up buying some solder paste. Craig Brand Rosin flux. I added
> about 10%
> >> to my older solder paste, mixed it in and it came up nice and flowey,
> much
> >> like new. It screened very well on the PCB and flowed nicely in my oven.
> >>
> >> Have I hit the jackpot or is there a 1000 reasons it wont work ?
> >>
> >> Cheers Wallace
> >>
> >>
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