how do you make homemade flux???
I saw the instructable about making flux out of pine cones but i have a problem: WTH do i get pine cones in a tropical country??? I did some research and found out hydrochloric acid is a component in some fluxes out there. I wonder if i can use lemons, an abundant supply in the form of calamondins here in the Philippines.
EDIT: it's for soldering
EDIT: it's for soldering
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I have did use a citrus base flux for domestic water applications years ago in California. I didn't care for it because you had to use low heat or it would dirty the fitting and leak.
For soldering or brazing or what?? I don't know for sure but I would worry about the sugar in citrus fruits.
For brazing, borax is the standard flux and is a common washing addative.
Dec 4, 2010. 7:05 AMorksecurity
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... And are you sure you need flux for whatever you're doing? For soldering, I'd suggest a flux-core solder.
(For most electronic work you emphatically do NOT want an acidic flux; it will etch and eventually may destroy your circuitry.)
(For most electronic work you emphatically do NOT want an acidic flux; it will etch and eventually may destroy your circuitry.)
I used boiler-treatment in the past,it had a lot of phosphoric acid in it.
You could try a lemon-juice reduction and see what it does.
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