On 8 Jan 2010 at 21:13, Tony Duell wrote in response to someone else:
Yea, well for
all we know you look like an ash colored zombie
stiffly walking into Radioshack with outstretched arms mumbling
"brains... err flux, rosin core solder, flux!"
Do you honestly think I would buy anything from RadioShack?
I save bits of rosin purchased for use on my double bass bow and
dissolve them in denatured alcohol. The liquid flux works just fine
when I need a bit extra (e.g. when tinning bare copper stranded
wire).
Waste not, want not. :)
I suspect that any electronics-savvy gymnast might do the same with
the powdered rosin used to improve one's grip, but to tell the truth,
I've never known an electronics-savvy gymnast.
--Chuck