On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:31:11 +0100, "crooksie"
wrote:


"Dave Plowman" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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
http://diytools.com/store/search.asp?ProductTypeID=1770

Err.... "Best quality hard white tallow. Jointing compound for use when
joining threaded conduit pipe.", and sure enough, that's what we used to
use it for in the maintenance electricians dept. 'orrible smell too.

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Phil Addison
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