>David Duffy wrote:
> >What brand of solder was it? We've used the "Cobarcore" brand stuff and
> >not noticed any problems apart from working best with plated boards. On
> >some bare copper boards with a solder-through coating it didn't want to
> >flow as well. I haven't AFAIK had any flux related faults on boards using a
> >mix of audio,video,micro,etc signals. Something to think about though...


DanM wrote:
>Yeah, the brand of solder may be a factor. We tried Sea Step
>from Easy Braid. As this is a first try, it is useful to
>hear what others are using.
>
>But I am a little confused here. If the Cobarcore stuff is
>water-clean type, then aren't you cleaning the boards after
>soldering? If not, why not?  But if it's not water-clean, then
>your experience falls into the "old" category - ie, of not
>cleaning the old type rosin [??] flux.

The Cobarcore (www.cobar.com) is a "no-clean" type with synthetic flux.
The boards look cleaner than with standard solder. (Neither cleaned)
Regards, David.

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