How To Make Rosin Soldering Flux

In previous videos we compared different types of commercial flux but did you know its possible to make a simple and effective flux at home.

How to make rosin soldering flux. Flux is a wonderful goo that makes soldering faster and easier. No special skills are required. You can stick a soldering iron in it to melt it or use a hot-air pencil to melt it a little just enough to allow a drop to drip off the block of rosin onto the work area.

Only two ingredients are required. Choose the diameter of the solder based on the size of the job. The rosin category is further divided three subcategories.

Rosin consists mainly of abietic acid and combines with caustic alkalis to form salts rosinates or pinates that are known as rosin soaps In Wikipedia article about fluxes in the rosin. No Clean Solder Flux. 025 and 030 are good general-purpose solders but you can use 0015 for detailed work.

Then I covered it in 99 isopropyl alcohol swirled it around for a minute or two and left it overnight to dissolve. Only clean and easy-to-solder surfaces. Rosin core solder also acts as a flux.

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