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Soft soldering stainless steel
I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really
appreciate some tips please. Thanks. Glenn ww.metalbashatorium.com |
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Glenn Cramond wrote: I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Thanks. Glenn ww.metalbashatorium.com I've had some luck with an acid type flux. -- Randy Replogle (Central Indiana) |
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says... I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Stainless steel flux and you need to spread the heat around. The stainless has a very low thermal conductivity so you can't just put the iron in one spot and expect to flow the entire joint. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Cramond wrote: I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Thanks. Glenn ww.metalbashatorium.com Zinc Chloride liquid flux works quite well for me. I use pure tin solder. |
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Soft soldering stainless steel
"Glenn Cramond" wrote in message om... I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Ortho-phosphoric acid (undiluted) always worked well for me when making low temperature research kit with very thin-wall ss tubes - usually soldered to ss, brass or copper. I think I found it in this book - I used to refer to it a lot, but I seem to have mislaid the book now so I can't check. WJ Tegart, "The Electrolytic and Chemical Polishing of Metals in Research and Industry" (Pergamon Press, Inc., London, 1959) Mike |
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Soft soldering stainless steel
In article , Ernie Leimkuhler says...
Zinc Chloride liquid flux works quite well for me. Is that the Dunton's stainless flux? I use that myself, but I think it is mostly muriatic acid. I use pure tin solder. The Dunton's works for lead-tin, silver-tin as well. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Soft soldering stainless steel
"Stay-Brite" and similar silver-bearing soft solders and common zinc
chloride fluxes will usually work reasonably well. The silver content improves 'wetting' and adds strength. Hard soldering is often better with S.S., but soft soldering is possible. Dan Mitchell ========== Randy Replogle wrote: Glenn Cramond wrote: I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Thanks. Glenn ww.metalbashatorium.com I've had some luck with an acid type flux. -- Randy Replogle (Central Indiana) |
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Glenn Cramond wrote: I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. a decade and a half ago i used to solder a lot of stainless tube for cryogenic use, for pressures ranging from vacuum thru 34 bar silver braze is better if the specs allow acid flux will eventually eat holes clean with hot water very well |
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Try http://web.onetel.net.uk/~valdor123/..._304l_stai.htm
"Glenn Cramond" wrote in message om... I need to soft solder some 18# stainless steel and would really appreciate some tips please. Thanks. Glenn ww.metalbashatorium.com |
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"Les" dootyfree(at)hotmail.com wrote in message ...
Try http://web.onetel.net.uk/~valdor123/..._304l_stai.htm Thanks to all, thanks very much for the help. Good site Les thanks for the link. Glenn www.metalbashatorium.com |
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