Lead Based vs Lead Free Solder

Lead Based vs Lead Free Solder

While a good quality soldering iron is critical for any soldering job, the solder itself is also important. There are many different brands of solder on the market, but the majority of these will be one of two types: lead based and lead free. Both types of solder have...
Titan and Solder

Titan and Solder

Have you ever needed to solder wires together, but not sure what to use? Here’s a photo of an infinite-color LED package that I soldered together.  One pair of wires used the ISO-TIP silver bearing paste the other used standard solder.  Both worked well but the...
Solder Paste on Zinc Die Casting

Solder Paste on Zinc Die Casting

So, the question of the day, will the solder paste solder zinc alloy? Click here to purchase our silver solder paste! Zinc alloy is pretty broad range of materials and so the first answer was – we don’t know.  That’s pretty weak so we found a zinc...
Iso-Tip Solder Paste on Stainless Steel

Iso-Tip Solder Paste on Stainless Steel

We had a question from a customer the other day about using the Iso-Tip solder paste with stainless steel.  For more info about our solder paste or to buy, click here! Having never tried that yet we figured the best approach would be to test it and see.  We have some...