"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.co.uk...
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:54:25 GMT, Spamlet wrote:

Good idea Dave: I haven't been very lucky with getting solder to stick
to old iron in the past but it may be worth a try.

Clean well back to bright metal, acid flux and enough heat. You'll
need to drain the radiator so there isn't any water nearby or won't
stand a chance.

TBH I can't remeber how I stuck the little bits on now, it was 20 odd
years ago. No great areas of burn paint so I didn't use a blow lamp.
I don't think my 25W electric soldering iron would have enough
capacity. Maybe I used the Portasol gas powered one, that whacks out
about 60W flat out. Or it might have be Alradite...

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Cheers
Dave.

I find a miniature blow lamp can get small areas of a big piece of metal hot
enough for solder - but making it stick is another matter. Brazing would be
better, but I have heard next to nothing about this since I was at school
40y ago!

S