Using Flux | Soldering Basics | Soldering for Beginners

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Now i get it whenever i tried yo apply solder onto a wire it always floated and never sticked to the wire
Will remember to use flux in the future❤

This was the most informative soldering video I’ve ever watched! I’m a welder and I’ve been doing it for 35+ years but I can’t Sauter to save my life, until now thank you.

thank you

Was an electronics hobbyist decades ago and always used big, thick, flux-core solder, never giving a thought to the flux or what it did.

Now that I’ve gotten back into it, I’m using super-thin Japanese solder paired with brush-on, liquid flux. It makes soldering so easy it’s ridiculous. Also dipping my desoldering wick into right the flux bottle before using it makes it absorb solder 10x better. I’m so glad I finally figured out flux!

awesome demonstration, thank you!

Great video.....super informative, very consice and to the point. I hope you're making millions!

I learned something. Thanks!

Exactly what I needed

You need to teach something else you don’t know how to solder

Best video on flux I’ve ever seen. Well done.

I am new to soldering and bought solder with 2.5% flux. When I try to solder it won’t really stick to the wires. Should I buy some extra flux?

Straightforward explanation, excellent demonstration..
Loved it!

Every time i solder my diy projects i always feel frustrated because my soldering skill is very poor , it always ball up and very hard to make it stick, thanks to this basic guide

Insanely helpful for someone wanting to do some DIY soldering. Thank you

Tysm for the basic. I thought i burned the board and throw it away after I couldn’t clean it. Now i regretting doing so.

wow great demo, never understood why it's difficult to solder 2 free hanging wires together. will use flux paste

Thanks

I've been building electronics kits for ham radio since 2004. I have never once had to use flux. If you have a good quality solder, you don't need it. Also, when soldering two wires together, you heat them first with a tinned soldering iron and then apply solder to the wires. Solder flows easily. I've done a ton of board work and I've never did the whole cleaning the board thing. It is just not needed as long as you're using a good quality solder.

No offence meant, but that is a shockingly bad joint in the first 30 secs of this video. Couldn't watch any further. 1. If that much flux is required for such a small joint, there's already a serious cleanliness problem with the pad. 2. Dab, dab, dab...multiple goes at heating the joint to finish it...that's all bad. It should be one clean pass, resulting in a nice concave fillet. Multiple dabs at the joint leave uneven heating through the joint with multiple stress lines. not a good example of how to solder.

in my old times we just used a aspirin better than flux today

So excellent why did i not know this earlier in my life

thank you. i cant do much with the info "you need solder".. i need to know why. this was exactly what i needed

Thanks for the tip…

my dog bit my headset cable twice and soldering it back is different from doing it on board, it took me an hour to just get a decent connection but not properly. it wont stick. thank you so much.

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Thanks! You should make meditation vids too...soothing voice.

what is no clean flux?

Oh man I had so much issues soldering battery and motor wires to a speed controller today. My solder has a flux core but apparently it was not enough. So, inspired by this video, I went and bought some flux paste. Applied a decent blob. Worked in seconds!

What flux do you recommend using for boards?

thanks for a succinct explanation, very useful. One thing that has confused me for years is why do Americans not sound the L in solder? to an English ear it sounds odd.

VERY good video. Professional

very informative video,may i know sir what is the brand of flux that u are using.more power & keep up the good work.god bless

As a beginner making circuits and not understanding why my solder wouldn't stick, this was super super helpful. Thank you!

Iv had a few fixes iv wanted soldering for a while and never knew how but I bit the bullet and I have ordered a soldering kit, flux,whick and isopropyl and I'm looking forward to trying this out your video has been the best explanation on using flux 👍

Is it possible to clean the tip of my solder iron with flux?

It's Solder. Not Sodder. 🤡

For years I've been trying to solder and I was convinced I just sucked at it but I just found my father's old brazing stuff and found an extremely old tin of "NOKORODE Soldering Paste" and I'll be darned if soldering didn't just become incredibly easy LOL. Tomorrow I will be teaching my son's to solder and explaining the importance of flux.

I never solder without using flux, both liquid and paste. Sometimes it will allow soldering to incompatible metals like copper to aluminium or steel too.

The way you explain this to someone with zero experience like me makes me feel like I can do this.

Nice, thank you.

Great cudeo

For SMD, eg hdd panel, it’s batter to fix the soldering iron to a stable surface, and easier to handle the lighter panel. Very tiny fuses can be soldered using a magnifier and proper lighting.

nice tutorial

Nice video. Thank you.

Like magic amazing discover

Thanks, this really helped me.