I am still fairly new to soldering, and the workshop I took had us
pickling after each solder join. I was just reading Charles
Lewton-Brain’s treatise on soldering in the Ganoksin library, and he
says that pickled surfaces don’t take solder well - which could be
why I’m having trouble with the piece I’m working on at the moment,
which has many solder joints. The initial ones flowed nicely; as I
progress I am having a lot of trouble thinking I have the solder
flowed correctly, then when I put it in the pickle the joint lets
go.
So should I NOT be pickling after each solder? Do I just flux the
next joint, solder, flux, solder? Or do I flux, solder, rinse in
hot water, flux, solder, rinse in hot water? And then pickle at the
end?
Thanks - any additional tips welcome!
Beth in SC