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Christopher Tidy Christopher Tidy is offline
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Default keep solder from spreading

Cydrome Leader wrote:
What's a good way to keep solder from flowing or wetting copper or brass
parts being soldered- sort of like an anti-flux. I recall seeing something
posted here about it, but can't locate it.


I heard that scribbling a lot of soft graphite pencil on the surface
works. I tried it once, and it did appear to have that effect, but I
haven't tried it extensively.

Chris