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So I went on ebay and bought some liquid flux cuz I'm about to solder another battery pack together. When I got the flux I saw on the bottle it says its for lead and foil for stained glass. Is this some sort of special liquid flux just for stain glass makers or is flux is flux and it should work for anything? I didnt realize when I ordered it that it was supposed to be fore stained glass.
 
it should still work flux is more of a cleaner than anything. the only issue i see is if its liquid it may flow beyond where your wanting to solder which inturn may pull the solder there also. try to tin a piece of scrap wire and see how it works.
 
UPDATE: Its the water soluable kind. I have a bottle to put it in that has a metal dropper but I'm reading the soldering tips from another website and it says the water soluable kind racts to metal? is this something I should be worried about in the dropper bottle I'm planning on using?
 
Some fluxes will flow up the wires under the insulation and eventually turn the wires green and corrode them.
What you have is a flux intended mainly for copper pipe where it can be wiped away on the outside, and washed away on the inside.
Your best bet when it comes to soldering wire is to go to a Radio Shack. I still use the heavy gel plumbers flux to dip the ends of the wire into, then solder them with electronic solder. Some of them already have a flux core, but fluxing them before soldering makes it SO much better and easier.
 
Rolex said:
Your best bet when it comes to soldering wire is to go to a Radio Shack. I still use the heavy gel plumbers flux to dip the ends of the wire into, then solder them with electronic solder. Some of them already have a flux core, but fluxing them before soldering makes it SO much better and easier.
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SOLID advice. I do exactly the same.
 
Same system. Just make sure you have the batts tinned and the bars also to avoid excessive heat buildup on the batteries.
Hot iron, quick solder.
 
you shouldn't need extra flux. it speeds up corrosion and just isn't necessary for small rc solder joints, try not using it.
 

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