THANK YOU DOUG! You've made my day and possibly even my week. That's the best laugh I've had in along time. You da man! KennyB -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas O. Pauls Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:29 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Mixing Fluxes: Water Sol and Rosin Well Ramon, just for you, I went and asked my Dad. Based on his experience with flux and sweating copper pipes, you have to rough up the copper pads on your board with 80 grit sandpaper, paint on a good heavy layer of flux with a brush on both the pad and component, and make sure you hold the propane torch on the pad and lead a good long time to make sure it is up to temperature, then apply your wire solder, then heat some more to make sure it wetted right. Don't clean it and in a little while the green patina will form on the copper. Let me know how it works for you. Doug Pauls Some days I am just too funny for words...... --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------