Re: English solder

gb wrote:
"Peter Lener" <plener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:N4Tsf.1737$M%4.1509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

sometime in my remote past i had solder i believe that came from england--it had 5 tubes of flux in the very thin solder--i believe the name was edwin or erwin or something that started with e

any help is appreciated--trying to buy some from them




Multicore Solder is know owned by Loctite - A Henkel company
http://www.multicore.com/

Select you part of world, for distributors and suppliers.
Newark / MCM / Farnell / InOne companies are distributor of Multicore solders.

Right in the Farnell (UK) on-line catalog
MultiCore 63/37 alloy (eutectic mix) - 1 lb roll

0.56 mm outside diameter - 1001713
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=1001713&N=0

0.61 mm outside diameter - 1001714
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=1001714&N=0

BTW, there will always be Tin / Lead solder available. Yes, Lead free is being used in new fabrication -- BUT conventional tin-lead materials (components) are NOT compatible with the new lead-free device finishes.
As part of the global transition to lead-free, component manufacturers are switching to lead-free finishes -- BUT this takes time and inventories are very large for some components.

Pure Tin and Tin/Lead alloy solders are used in other industries that do not have these restrictions .. such as the stained glass industry, auto body, restoration work, etc.

One place where lead-free has made a welcome appearance is in plumbing. I'm an occasional handy-man, so when I bought a house a few years back which had really BAD piping in the basement, I resolved to replace all the crappy, mismatched and kludged up mess with new copper.

I was surprised to find out that all the supplies available were lead-free (I suppose I shouldn't have been, but the last time I had sweated any copper pipes was in the 70's). The old acid based flux seemed different as well.

I determined to undertake this task with some trepidation; but to my gratification, all went very well. The new stuff works just fine, and I didn't have to worry about miniscule amounts of lead leaching into my drinking water.

Considering what supposedly happened to the Romans, I guess it's not all bad....

jak

gb 

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