"Dave Plowman" wrote in message
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crooksie wrote:
soldering lead is an art, the way its done with an iron is to use lead
plumbers solder (still available) and a large soldering iron the kind
you
heat on the gas flame, the flux that is used is tallow (candle wax).
have fun

Think tallow is used on a wipe to stop it sticking to the lead - it's not
the flux.

yes it is dave it is the traditional flux for lead
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