Liquid flux brands?

[peps1]

Just wondering what Liquid flux brands I should look out for as i've only used flux paste till now?

[Fsck]

Kester is my personal favorite.

[nanofrog]

+1 on Kester. 

But there are others, such as MG Chemicals, AIM, and Multicore. Being in the England, Multicore might be easier to find (farnell carries it).

[peps1]

Thanks nanofrog

Was having trouble finding Kester over here in anything other then penform, so will check out some of those other brands! 

[nukie]

Superior flux is good try it http://www.ccis.com/home/hn/

[Fsck]

+1 multicore would be my european/not-kester choice

[peps1]

+1 multicore would be my european/not-kester choice

Well I do like there solder!

[Chryseus]

I prefer to make my own flux since it's a lot cheaper and you can make it as thick or thin as you want.
Just get some rosin and crush it into a fine power, mix with a small quantity of isopropyl alcohol and leave for a day or so.
It works just as good as the most expensive stuff, although it's not as aggressive as some so you don't need to clean it.

[MrAureliusR]

I'm very curious about making my own flux -- do you mean the same rosin, as in rosin cakes, that are used for rosining horsehair cello bows? I used to play the cello way back when and if it's the same stuff that's a laugh! It'd be easy to get and easy  to make. I always figured it was a different 'recipe' or something than just standard rosin cakes.

[ddavidebor]

Yes i do it this way but it's not powerful.

You can use this alcoool and rosin mix on a new pcb to protect it and allow better soldering and it work fantastic but no much more.

[nanofrog]

I'm very curious about making my own flux -- do you mean the same rosin, as in rosin cakes, that are used for rosining horsehair cello bows?

Yes. BTW, if you use this, make sure you sand the wax off of the rosin cake first.

Another source, is using the search term "colophony" on eBay. Cheaper too from what I've seen (i.e. ~$6.00 - 7.00 for 1lb).

[MrAureliusR]

I don't think I'm understanding your caveat.

Yes i do it this way but it's not powerful.

You can use this alcoool and rosin mix on a new pcb to protect it and allow better soldering and it work fantastic but no much more.

If I could use it on a PCB to allow better soldering then why couldn't I use it in any other situation with soldering? I basically want to have flux around to add to a solder point before soldering, like in the SMD soldering video Dave did. Just to ensure my (already flux-cored) solder flows underneath and creates nice fillets.

[wraper]

I prefer tacky fluxes over liquid ones. Easier to use and they don't evaporate in a moment.