Perhaps I became too boisterous about water-wash flux, but let's face it, not
too many of us are passionate about good soldering. I do a lot of it, and I
have found the water-wash flux to give the best results. I use it on
everything (see warning below). I am obviosly passionate about it ! It has
a HUGE advantage in allowing the user to apply minimum temperature and dwell,
because it does a beautiful job removing dirt and oxide. For example, if you
solder outside in the winter like I do, you will do beautifully well with a 45
watt pencil in 0 deg F weather, whereas you might be inclined to take a propane
torch. The water wash flux will make that much difference.
You do need to wash, or wipe with a wet cloth; otherwise, corrosion will start
(like on car battery terminals). As long as you wash, there is no issue. I
wash whole boards at home under running water. I did this with W9RE's,
W0NCL's and my IC-781 boards. Just blow dry them off.
Water-wash flux is aggressive, hence the need to wash. I would advise against
water-wash flux on objects that could trap flux. For example, I would not
water-wash flux RG8 braid going into a PL259 (I never solder braid on PL259s;
never had a problem). I do however, water-wash flux the center terminal.
I guarantee that using the water-wash flux will make a tremendous difference in
your soldering results.
73,
Steve, K0SF
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