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Swapped cheap solder for Kester 44 and it's night and day on old circuit boards
Been using whatever no-name solder I got off Amazon for years. Picked up a roll of Kester 44 last week after seeing a guy on YouTube swear by it. First joint on a 1980s stereo amp flowed perfect, no cold joints, no messing around. That cheap stuff was giving me headaches on old boards with oxidation. Anyone else see a big jump when they switched solder brands?
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wendy723mo ago
Spent three hours wrestling a 1983 receiver with that Amazon mystery metal. One joint took me twenty minutes. Switched to Kester and finished the whole board in an afternoon. Like swapping a rusty spoon for a surgeon's scalpel.
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