Tim Wescott wrote:
There's a big push to stop putting lead solder into landfills, particularly
in Europe. They tried making manufacturer's take their stuff back but it
didn't work, so now they're trying to eliminate lead from solder.

I suspect that there will be quite a long grace period where the military,
avionics and medical systems people will be able to continue using lead
solder on reliability grounds.

Does solder really get that stale? I'm still using the roll I got 25 years
ago as a gift (it's a big roll) -- I don't have any problems with it, nor
does my boy, 10, who's just learning to solder.

Perhaps you could pack it with dessicant?

The solder doesn't get "stale", the flux does.

Easily fixed with a bottle of flux.

--
Jim Pennino

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