Bede, check with a local Air Conditioning supply house as there are many fluxes available here, some paste and some liquid. The Solder you are planning on using, is it considered a soft solder(Lead/Tin) alloy or one of the harder variety? If I understand you correctly, you are going to be using it as a Caulking material rather than a joining material?? Al Messer --- Bede McCormack <bede@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Clif, yes, I'm over here in new York, will > see what kind of flux > I can source- basically I guess I want a strong > plumbers soft soldering > flux, yes? Any N. American-based folks have any > suggestions? > > Cheers, > Bede McCormack > Brooklyn, NY > > > On Jun 15, 2006, at 3:20 PM, Clif Walker wrote: > > > Hi Bede, > > > > I didnt realise that you were on the other side of > the pond. > > Personally if you can get it, I would still go for > a self cleaning > > flux to > > give the solder it's best chance of getting into > the hole. Most of the > > other > > fluxes available over here tend to be very weak > kneed owing to our > > Health > > and Safety rules on what chemicals are available. > Pretty soon most > > Solder > > fluxes over here are going to be on a list of > banned substances. > > > > Regards > > > > Clif > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the > > subject line. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.