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Unread 04-28-2014, 04:52 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by John Sabato View Post
In the "good ole days" when I did such work, and was out of the THIN silver solder, I would take some nice round solder from the reel and pound it flat on the anvil ... with a clean surface you can wrap the flat solder around the area to be tinned and then heat it until it 'runs'...
Thanks, I will add that to my book of "down and dirty tricks". I guess the "thin" solder you refer to is the ribbon? I'm thinking about getting some of that, haven't tried it yet but I figure that it's one of those things that "may come in handy one day".
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