On Monday, February 28, 2011 at 1:52:58 AM UTC-5, skid wrote:
responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ux-314641-.htm
skid wrote:
blueman,
Since you did request personal opinions from other homeowners, I will not
address any of the inaccurate statements made in the previous posts.
As it states on the Oatey web site:
Standard No.5 flux is intended for soldering copper joints using leaded or
unleaded solder.
No.95 €śTinning€ť flux is basically the same compound as No..5 flux, except
that it contains small particles of silver solder. These particles help
improve the flow of silver solder.
Since No.95 flux can be used for standard soldering as well as for silver
soldering, Oatey markets it as a dual purpose product .
BTW: silver soldering requires higher temperatures than standard soldering
and therefore tends to oxidize (aka €śturn green€ť)
There is no silver solder in tinning flux, only powdered solder. Check any mfr. site.