The soldering process is familiar not only to electronics lovers, but also to ordinary residents who at home face various problems associated with electrical appliances. In this material, we will consider a method for making solder paste in home conditions. We note right away that it is not advisable to use home-made paste for the manufacture of microcircuits, since it is intended to facilitate the soldering of wires and other similar things when it is not very convenient to serve tin.
As always, the first thing we offer is to familiarize yourself with the video on making pasta
What we need:
- a piece of tin;
- glycerin flux;
- file or file.
Before starting to manufacture our solder paste, we note that the author recommends using a file, as this allows you to get smaller chips, which is a plus for the paste. Why do we recommend making solder paste and not just buying it in specialized stores? Since high-quality pasta costs a lot of money and is not available to everyone.
We take a piece of tin and a file and begin to strip the tin into crumbs.
Next, pour the resulting chips into the container.
To bind the chips, we need a thick flux or solder fat. You need to pay attention to mix shavings with a small amount of flux, otherwise you can spoil the paste.
Put a thick flux in the container with the chips and start mixing like dough. Stir thoroughly until a thick and uniform consistency is obtained.
In the end, we need to add glycerin flux to the resulting workpiece. Again, do not use flux in large quantities. Just add a couple of drops.
Mix thoroughly again.
Our solder paste is ready. It can be stored in a sealed jar or syringe. This will allow you to use the paste for a long time. This storage method is especially useful if you make large quantities of solder paste and plan to use it repeatedly.
Soldering wires with this paste is very easy.It is enough to apply a small amount of paste on the wires, turn on the soldering iron and simply attach it to the paste.
