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"It’s a crutch for people who don’t know how to solder." This needs shouting from the rooftops. So many people get sucked into the groupthink on this; yes it
by linker3000 4y ago
"It’s a crutch for people who don’t know how to solder."
This needs shouting from the rooftops.
So many people get sucked into the groupthink on this; yes it helps with less-than-perfect beginner's soldering skills, but it should not be normalized.
Flooding every joint with extra flux is unnecessary and a waste of money.
/Pet peeve (well, one of them!)
- randombits0 4y agoWe all don’t get to work on nice, new, shiny PCBs. Sometimes other things get in the way. I have three different kinds of flux, two types of solder, copper wick, three solder suckers, two guns, and a scratch pen. I’m not out to practice the art, I just want to be effective.
- bsder 4y agoSorry, I'll fight you very strongly on this. Most soldering that relies on effects from solder surface tension simply will not work without quite a bit more flux than you can get from the core of a solder wire. Drag soldering, for example, won't work on quad flat pack chips without quite a bit of flux. And while my techs will absolutely back you up that my soldering skill sucks, to a person they ALL use solder flux for their soldering. Not even a single exception. And they're all trained to NASA aerospace standards. Now, maybe you can be more skilled than they are and get away without using solder; however, back down here in reality, the rest of us punters will just add flux when soldering stuff, thanks.