Now with my ecological conscience I decided to try the lead-free solder you can see on top of the image, well, honestly I tough I was losing my ability to solder, besides the higher melting point than the "normal" stuff, components have to have cleaner surfaces for the solder to get a good grip. Another side issue is I have more burns in fingers since I have to keep components more time on hand on the same position or the solder will break....
Conclusion: I will finish this roll and get back to the environment unfriendly solder (so they say), else I will risk loosing or my fingers or patience to solder...
have fun!
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I have a nearly empty solder reel with just a short piece left. I bought it when a teenager and thought "this will last a lifetime." Now I'm superstitious to use that last piece...
Like you I could not get on with lead-free solder. Fortunately you can still buy multicore on eBay so I now have a big new reel that will last even if I live to be 100!
Thank you for the comment Julian!
I guess the idea is: Soldering is fun...except on lead-free!
..And keep that short piece on the reel!
73 de Ricardo
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