Stirri produce a huge range of tacky fluxes. In this video I test out a few of them to find the best ones within the categories of clarity, odour, performance and cleaning.

Sorry about all the bird noises in the background.

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01:02 What is flux?
01:24 Why so many different fluxes?
01:53 No clean?
02:14 REACH compliance
02:26 Solder paste
03:05 What I look for in a good quality flux
04:15 A small sample of each
05:32 Bake the flux
06:01 Clean the flux
06:40 Practical testing
07:30 UV tracer
07:47 Initial thoughts
07:57 HydraMA
08:19 Clarity
08:46 Odour
09:01 Performance
09:30 The shortlist
10:32 My pick

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