In a message dated 7/28/99 3:42:40 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
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<<
 This might be a silly question, but I received some left over solder from a
 customer that is made by a different manufacturer than what we use.  Both
 solder bars are 63/37 and I want to know if you can mix solder from
 different manufacturers, I'm not sure if manufacturers do anything different
 with their product or if any quality issues could arise.
  >>
I know from experience (and from the Alpha people giving input) that if you
mix Vaculoy and Hi-Flo - both 63/37 and both from Alpha - in a wave using
no-clean fluxes, that you get a very, very fine white powder resembling talc
that will coat the entire inside of the wave machine and duct work.

It is presumable that similar things could happen with mixed brands.

Jon Moore

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