Hello Guys,
I work with leaded solder and it melts like a butter, the thickness I have worked with for a long time is 0.7mm.
Recently I wanted to try thinner solder and see if it would help with precision for very small joints.
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So the logical step for me was to go for a much thinner solder.
I wanted to stick to lead like the previous one and so I did.
Me having having no past issues with many other solders (thus barely any experience with them) went on ebay and bought some cheap 60/40 0.3mm solder.
Picture of it here:
However this solder was bad as soon as I tried it...
I even had my soldering iron at 255°C ( 491°F ) and It would still barely melt, unless there was some solder from the other one still stuck to the iron.
Why is this solder barely melting and what should I look for to prevent this from happening? (Is there no flux in this solder? How can I detect this)
I know some people will say: "stick to the big brands" personally I agree but I'd like to know whats causing it and how I can detect it lacking or having the thing needed for it to melt properly (So I can learn from it).
Cheers guys!