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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: nasty fluorocarbons
Message-ID: <14802@cup.portal.com>
Date: 19 Feb 89 00:04:33 GMT
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Kester offers solder with water-soluble flux.  I've used this stuff, and it
does solve the defluxing problem.  But for my own personal use, I use rosin
core and don't bother to clean the flux off.  I don't use water-soluble
because the flux has a slightly evil smell, and I don't know what's in it.
Rosin is fairly pure, from pine trees, and seems harmless.  And people have
been using it as a flux for over 100 years, so I can be confident it's safe.