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wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
Should I buy a stock of 'proper' solder for my future plumbing needs before the
stuff with lead in it gets banned?

There's nothing wrong with or difficult about lead-free solder
(except it's more expensive).

What is the lead free stuff made from?

99.5% tin, 0.5% copper.

Or any of the other variations, most with more copper and many
including silver.

MBQ

I thought that lead free melts at a higher temperature than Pb/Sn,
There is a lead free with silver that melts at a lower temperature but
still higher than Pb/Sn.

For somebody like me who is crap at soldering that makes all the
diffrence.

Kevin