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.