Phil Since I throw darts weekly and also work for a solder company, my advise would be to try 3 vendors, I mean you need 3 darts to play a game!!!! I would look for price and quality in any vendor. Gloria Biard Staff Chemist Kester -----Original Message----- From: Phil Nutting [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:05 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] choosing solder vendor Assuming all vendors make SAC 305 solder alloy, how am I supposed to determine which one is the one I should buy? Each one says theirs is the purest, has the lowest dross, etc. I'm ready to throw a dart at a name list. Haven't had any bribes (lunch, trips, expensive sports cars) yet. signed, Confused & Overwhelmed --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------