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Ralph S Bacon Ralph S Bacon
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 Published On Jul 7, 2023

My soldering flux syringe has run out. Now what?
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I use flux on my PCBs when soldering SMD components; except I ran out suddenly and didn't know of a clean way to transfer the flux in the jar to my syringe.

Luckily, others have trod the path before me and I now have a near-perfect way of doing this.

More information (including all links, photos etc in my GitHub, just click the link):
https://github.com/RalphBacon/268-Flu...

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Soldering flux paste, MG Chemicals 8341 No Clean Flux Paste, 50mL Jar
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Cleaning Brushes: Neish Tools Flux/Glue Brush 12mm Wide Bristle Head Pack of 12
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These are probably not horsehair after all, but work well enough.

Syringe set (2ml syringes, 18G nozzles aka blunt needles, stop caps)
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5 Litres of IPA IsoPropyl Alcohol for flux removal from PCBs
You can buy this in 1L bottles too but 5L is cheaper and will last ages.
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HOW TO information

Video Link to @Signal Ditch that gave me the idea
►    • Transfer flux from one syringe to ano...  

More information (including all links, sketches & PDFs in my GitHub, just click the link):
https://github.com/RalphBacon/268-Flu...

► List of all my videos
(Special thanks to Michael Kurt Vogel for compiling this)
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