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Quoted from sullivcd40:Do the cheap ones lose heat intermittently? I was trying to build a rectifier board this weekend and some joints would flow perfectly and others seemed like I just couldn't get hot enough.
Ground plane, sucked away all your heat. Iron couldn't keep up.
Quoted from mbwalker:I usually buy cheap, then good, followed by better, finally best...meaning I would have saved money just by getting the best (or maybe a 'better') in the first place.
Some tradesmen I know have told me "buy once, cry once."
Quoted from mbwalker:BTW, don't use plumber's flux
Several well-respected life-long repair techs in the Arcade and Pinball industry have sworn by Oatey paste flux. If Ken Layton (RIP) says to use it, then you'd better use it.
Just clean up residue when you're done.
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