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Hot plate reflow soldering and solder beads

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tooki:

--- Quote from: jmelson on May 26, 2023, 03:00:57 pm ---I would avoid the Bismuth pastes.  Components are designed to do 230C reflow with lead free pastes.  But, the genius is all in the flux!  After using GC10 paste (available in the US under the Loctite brand, elsewhere under Henkel) it has solved all these issues.  The stuff is totally amazing.

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How is the availability now? With Henkel having sold the solder paste business to Harima, the whole supply chain for it got shaken up. See https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/henkelloctite-gc10-solder-paste-source/

(Plus, I don’t think anyone ever carried it in hobbyist-friendly sizes. A 500g container would be something like 200 years worth of paste for my home use…)

jmelson:

--- Quote from: tooki on May 27, 2023, 02:19:13 pm ---How is the availability now? With Henkel having sold the solder paste business to Harima, the whole supply chain for it got shaken up. See https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/henkelloctite-gc10-solder-paste-source/

(Plus, I don’t think anyone ever carried it in hobbyist-friendly sizes. A 500g container would be something like 200 years worth of paste for my home use…)

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Newark seems to be the only distributor that has some in stock right now.  Yes, they only sell it in 500g minimum jars or syringes.  But, that is only a little more than $100 and it lasts a LONG time.
Jon

tooki:
I need to find some people who want to split a tube. Cost aside, I can’t imagine I’d use 500g before it went bad. It may be long lasting, but it won’t last forever. I’m still only halfway through my first 35g syringe of paste I bought in 2015 or so, so when I said 500g is a 200 year supply for me, I’m not exaggerating! 😂

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