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THunDA said:

What does FLUX do ?

sorry im a noobie when it comes to this ;)


Thunda

Flux cleans the joint before you solder it, because messy joints ball up and dont stick to the copper traces, which is a bad scene.

When I used to solder with my 100 watt gun, I used a can of solder seal flux applied to the wires and then on the tip of the gun to burn the dirt off, then melted the solder.

Now with my fine electronics work, I use rosin core, which has the flux integrated into it.
 
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