emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis random pick at my job was made in West Germanylemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down15
arrow-up1329arrow-down1imageThis random pick at my job was made in West Germanylemmy.blahaj.zoneemerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAt my workplace we still got some soldering fat that was still made in west Germany.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWhat in the nine blue hells is “soldering fat”??? Flux? Tip cleaner?
minus-squareLokoschade@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoSo since I’m being voted down, it’s not for plumbing? Stained glass? Roofing? Making buckets?
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.