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Hehe...I did that a couple years ago and now have a bunch of old stale
solder :-) I'm one of those nutty people who notices that "out-of-date"
solder just ain't as good as fresh.

I've begun to wonder if the solder is OK, but it is the solderer that gets
stale?

Lynn, W7LTQ since 1948

Lynn Coffelt wrote:
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Hehe...I did that a couple years ago and now have a bunch of old stale
solder :-) I'm one of those nutty people who notices that "out-of-date"
solder just ain't as good as fresh.


I've begun to wonder if the solder is OK, but it is the solderer that gets
stale?

Lynn, W7LTQ since 1948



I think that sometimes too. :-)
I'm just picky - not saying that 'stale' solder isn't usable, its just
not as good as fresh.

-Bill

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I'm just picky - not saying that 'stale' solder isn't usable, its just
not as good as fresh.

Isn't it the rosin flux inside that evaporates or gets stale, not the tin/lead
solder itself?
One old timer taught me to always crimp the end of the solder roll's free end
with pliers when I was finished with a session, to keep that flux from drying
out.
--Mike K. AA1UK

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