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submitted 3 months ago by emerald to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

What in the nine blue hells is "soldering fat"??? Flux? Tip cleaner?

[-] Lokoschade@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

It's flux

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

For plumbing, surely?

[-] Lokoschade@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

For soldering, it's soldering flux Literally translating the german word for it would be soldering fat.

(Am I not getting a joke here?😅)

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

So since I'm being voted down, it's not for plumbing? Stained glass? Roofing? Making buckets?

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

The use of soldering fat is, that the tin flows better when soldering.

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