emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days agoThis random pick at my job was made in West Germanylemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down15
arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageThis random pick at my job was made in West Germanylemmy.blahaj.zoneemerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoAt my workplace we still got some soldering fat that was still made in west Germany.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoWhat in the nine blue hells is “soldering fat”??? Flux? Tip cleaner?
minus-squareLokoschade@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoFor soldering, it’s soldering flux Literally translating the german word for it would be soldering fat. (Am I not getting a joke here?😅)
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoSo since I’m being voted down, it’s not for plumbing? Stained glass? Roofing? Making buckets?
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoThe use of soldering fat is, that the tin flows better when soldering.
At my workplace we still got some soldering fat that was still made in west Germany.
What in the nine blue hells is “soldering fat”??? Flux? Tip cleaner?
It’s flux
For plumbing, surely?
For soldering, it’s soldering flux Literally translating the german word for it would be soldering fat.
(Am I not getting a joke here?😅)
So since I’m being voted down, it’s not for plumbing? Stained glass? Roofing? Making buckets?
The use of soldering fat is, that the tin flows better when soldering.