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Re: WBT silver solder effects

Hi there,

I've been using Welborne Labs 2% Silver Solder for about two years now and I LOVE it! I don't feel the need to use anything else. It flows so nicely and looks so beautiful and shiny once applied! In fact, I recenty I built some cables... I bought 18 feet (2 9 foot pairs) of Kimber 4VS Speaker Cable from Welborne and then got some Kimber Postmaster spades to go on the ends. The Kimber Postmasters came with Wonder Solder. (When I began this reply, I was thinking the Postmasters came with the WBT solder and was gonna disagree with you)...

Anyway, I have a 35-Watt Rat Shack Iron and normally always use the Welborne solder. The Postmasters came with the "Wonder Solder," so I thought I'd give it a try. Maybe it was the fact the the OFC copper leads of the 4VS needed to be "tinned" first with the solder, but I could barely get the stuff to flow. It may have been my fault due to the tinning issue, but the Wonder Solder (in this application) was a big headache! It took A LOT of heat to get it to flow and had to be reheated each time just to get it to set. I wished I had stuck with the Welborne Solder for this, but I didn't. I don't think I messed the Cables up or anything, but I feel it would have went off a lot smoother had I stuck with the Welborne Labs solder. It is really good stuff - and REALLY cheap too!
Like I said, it may have been my own fault `cause I didn't initially "tin" the copper leads. Toward the end though, I'm pretty sure I DID tin the leads and with similar results.

What do you think? I've never tried the WBT Solder and maybe it's really great. Maybe I will give it a try someday. For now though, I really feel it would be tough to outdo the Welborne Labs stuff!

Thanks for listening,

Brian M


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