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From: Michael A. Terrell on 19 Jul 2010 21:18

Fred Abse wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:47:09 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> > I would NEVER add a pound of solder to an existing solder pot at one
> > time. When I bought my 6" diameter solder pot I had enough used solder to
> > more than fill it. It came from the use of a smaller solder pot to
> > salvage ICs from scrap PC boards. Float the board, then tap the corner of
> > the solder pot. A bunch of solder balls hit the aluminum plate the pot
> > was on. I would use a large pair of channel lock pliers to pick up the hot
> > pot to pour out some solder into a small aluminum pan, then dump all the
> > loose solder into the pot.
>
> So you don't really know the composition of the solder in the pot, or how
> much copper, gold, etc. contamination there is?


No need to, really. it was used to salvage parts and tin wire. Most
of the boards were soldered with 80/20 so i had to add some scrap lead
from time to time, to lower the melting point. The other metals didn't
hurt anything.


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