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If you find some that doesn't do ^^^^ and still cuts the mustard please update!
Favourite wire?
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It's easier to give in and cover the entire board in flux, then you can't really tell.
Harry Klippton
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vigilante398
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Kester is what I'm using. It solders great, I have no issues with connections, but it just pukes flux everywhere and looks super sloppy.
vigilante398
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I figured as much, I seem to have picked the "ludicrous amounts of flux" option and naturally ordered 3 spools of it.
peccary
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I sent @thewintersoldier my no-clean. He probably had better luck than I did with it since he's more experienced. I switched to Kester 44. The flux is more under control but most importantly is easier to clean. With the no-clean the board would look clean but still feel sticky.
thesmokingman
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Nah, I just build way more stuff than you.
thesmokingman
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must be all that stuff that isn't in the build report section
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Village Idiot
Groovy, since you're keeping count for me...how many have I posted?
vigilante398
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I still have at least a good half spool of my "ludicrous flux" solder, but I just ordered a spool with a different kind of flux, going to try it out.
I've been using this solder, without investigating whether I should:
SRA No-Clean Flux Core Solder, 63/37 .020-Inch, 2 Ounce Spool https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WDETC5...t_i_1TTK6BB98XR6EVS4BPN2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
However, no issues on any pedal and amp builds I've used it with over the past 4 plus years.
SRA No-Clean Flux Core Solder, 63/37 .020-Inch, 2 Ounce Spool https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WDETC5...t_i_1TTK6BB98XR6EVS4BPN2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
However, no issues on any pedal and amp builds I've used it with over the past 4 plus years.
JetFixxxer
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I get my magnet wire for my pickups and my hook-up wire from Remington Industries
Stickman393
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For me...
I'm not a fan of PVC insulation. One glancing blow from a soldering iron and it's all over.
In a guitar, cloth pushback all the way. Pro tip: I have some little baggies of beeswax pellets...I take a couple of those, roll em onto the cloth at the cut where it starts to fray, and hit it with the heat gun. Keeps everything under control.
Pedals & cloth wire: man, you'd better be doing point to point or tagboard builds, else you're making life hard for like...no reason.
I like using silicone or PTFE for pedals. Silicone is great, super heat resistant, extremely flexible, easy to strip, but the colors are admittedly garbage. It's certainly got a look that I'm not crazy about.
PTFE (Teflon) is much less flexible, but it's similarly heat resistant and looks much more traditional.
Haven't found anything that really checks all my boxes, truth told.
I'm not a fan of PVC insulation. One glancing blow from a soldering iron and it's all over.
In a guitar, cloth pushback all the way. Pro tip: I have some little baggies of beeswax pellets...I take a couple of those, roll em onto the cloth at the cut where it starts to fray, and hit it with the heat gun. Keeps everything under control.
Pedals & cloth wire: man, you'd better be doing point to point or tagboard builds, else you're making life hard for like...no reason.
I like using silicone or PTFE for pedals. Silicone is great, super heat resistant, extremely flexible, easy to strip, but the colors are admittedly garbage. It's certainly got a look that I'm not crazy about.
PTFE (Teflon) is much less flexible, but it's similarly heat resistant and looks much more traditional.
Haven't found anything that really checks all my boxes, truth told.
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Village Idiot
If you think about it next time your at the bench, would you let me know the stock # on what you're using? I'd like to give it a go. The Kester 44 is good stuff and I have no complaints beyond the excessive flux, but a bit of heavy-metal cork-sniffing might prove beneficial.
Thank you sir!
