Re: aluminum solder?

Here are some thoughts:

Tin the aluminum under oil, then solder as normal.

Aluminum normally won't accept regular solder. That's because
of the oxide coating on its surface. By covering the surface with
oil, you can scrape away the oxide coating while preventing oxygen
getting to the surface and reforming it. You can then tin the surface
with an iron, through the oil coating, and get a proper bond. Then
you can clean the oil off and solder as usual.

This is a home shop technique. There are probably better solutions
in a production environment.

Gary
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"brassbend" <waldhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What 'zacky is in aluminum solder? Will it only work on Aluminum only or
> will it solder other materials? Is it a strong bond?
>
> LB, messingschlager
>
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