> > > First, because you get all kinds of mixtures with undefined behavior. It > seems to be difficult enough when you know the mixture, but it's probably > even more difficult when you don't really know what you have in your pot > :) I would be very worried about cold joints and such as the mixture changed.. You KNOW it's not going to be a eutectic mix again until it's made the full transition. Do you NEED to change over? If so, I'd recycle the existing mix, and start fresh. That could actually be pretty interesting, how DO you make sure you have all the lead out? -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist