[Kenny12]

how hard are these to apply onto a board? also are they any good for high quality applications?

 

[Garbz]

i have no first hand experience but i've heard u needa a hellova hot iron to do it. I think the most care must be taken not to cook you components.

 

[averydonovan]

I would use 62/36/2 eutectic solder. It is easy to work with and still has silver in it. I haven't used the 96/4 silver stuff, but that has got to be a royal PITA to work with. Using that to solder caps or opamps is probably not a good idea because you'd fry the components before being able to even get the solder to flow.

 

[Igthorn]

I used 96t/4s solder for my first 2 amps. It wasn't too hard to use, but I had been using it for a few years on small soldering tasks. This is with a cheap 15w ratshack iron. Heh, with my worn out tip it was easier to work with then the 63/37 solder I'm using now with the spanking brand new tip (though that's probably because the old tip pretty much lost it's point).

 

[Kenny12]

i'll give it a try and report back on my findings.. hope my 17W iron can handle it..... currently using 60tin / 38 pb / 2 copper solder

does solder make any difference to sq?

 

[guzzler]

for those in the EU, at least, remember that in a couple of years time solder containing lead will be banned, and unavailable, so it might be time to start thinking of moving to non-toxic solder. However, I can testify that you need a much higher bit temperature!

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[beats unbeaten]

Just use a really fine gauge and you won't have any problems...
I was just using some Rat Shack .032" 96/4, it melts pretty quickly.