How To Make Homemade Soldering Flux
Pinecone flux can be made with 10-15 pinecones and some denatured ethyl alcohol.
How to make homemade soldering flux. Take a liquid measuring cup and pour off 150ml of the Ethanol from the container. Hi Stan To clean flux after soldering you can wash each panel as you finish it in warm soapy water. I have the rosincolophony and 999 isopropyl alcohol.
You have made one litre of flux remover that quantity should suffice for quite some time. Place the strainer in the kitchen sink for washing later. Add 100ml of Isopropyl alcohol and 50ml of Ethyl acetate to the 850ml of the Ethanol in the container.
Table salt is one ingredient of homemade silver soldering flux. Back to table of contents Low melting flux for soldering. In the soldering of metals flux serves a threefold purpose.
Heres my suggested formulation for a homemade version of traditional pine soldering flux. Some fluxes are corrosive so the parts have to be cleaned with a damp sponge or other absorbent material after soldering to. So thats 32 oz.
Percentages are by weight. Good for perhaps 200 smd joints. Stir the juice in the container for 10 seconds with the wooden spoon.
I was inspired by a video by Jeri Ellsworth that showed her using homemade flux remover. This resin acts as a solder. 3 Mix in rosin flux gel1 part rosin gel to 3 parts powder by volume works for me.