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> It’s a metal alloy comprised of tin and lead (often 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead) used to bond items together. No more lead in the EU, with few excepti
by someweirdperson 4y ago
> It’s a metal alloy comprised of tin and lead (often 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead) used to bond items together.
No more lead in the EU, with few exceptions.
- smiley1437 4y agoLearning on lead-free nearly turned me off of soldering until a buddy gave some Kester eutectic, that is a freaking joy compared to lead-free
- CarVac 4y agoLead-free is fine. Lead-free with poor quality flux is abhorrent to use. Get good quality lead-free with good flux from a reputable manufacturer (Kester is good, as you mentioned) and it's fine. In fact, I prefer how thin and quick to wet out SAC305 is over the lower melting point of Sn63Pb37.
- microtonal 4y agoI have made quite a few keyboards (including handwired) and a few other electronics projects with lead-free solder and it has never been an issue. I use lead-free solder with a resin core, set the iron to the recommended temperature, and make sure to tin the tip.
- nsheridan 4y agoLead solder is totally attainable for hobbyists - I bought a 100g spool a few weeks ago.
- Havoc 4y agoYeah tbh I’d rather struggle a bit more than have lead in the mix. Lead is for life
- userbinator 4y agoIf you're getting lead poisoning from soldering, you're doing it very, very wrong...