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Can I use Formula SP-30 self-cleaning acid paste flux?

I am a complete noob when it comes to soldering. I've only done a little bit in the past and it was years ago. Today, I bit the bullet after reading about how to solder and purchased some soldering ...
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F-SW22 vs F-SW33 flux. What to these figures mean?

I was thinking of purchasing a no-clean flux pen from my supplier, but there are two options, F-SW22 and F-SW33. What do these codes mean and what types of job is each suitable for?
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What Can Be The Cause Of Low Voltage After Resoldering?

I had to resolder mosquito zapper's black and red wires back after zapper fell on the floor and black wire detached and later red wire detached when i was trying to solder black wire back. After ...
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DIY Fluxes with ethanol-propanol-x-nol

Got inrested in DIY fluxes by reply here. Can you substitute rosin-core wire with DIY flux and non-rosin-core-wire? How and where to actually use DIY fluxes if you have rosin-core wire? Which % of ...
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Solder Flux Classifications

I was at Fry's yesterday, and was looking to get some thin solder for work on a kit (through-hole components). Two of the solders I was looking at (in the soldering gear isle section) were labeled RA ...