Electronic – General Purpose Solder for Beginner’s Toolbox

soldering

I've been asked by a friend to make such a recommendation, to go along with his new Weller WES51. I've told him:

  • 60/40 tin/lead
  • rosin-core
  • good name brand, such as Kester

What's a good size to recommend for general purpose use?

Best Answer

Here's your standard size list.

For general-purpose electronic tinkering/prototyping, I recommend 26-28 awg sized no-clean rosin cored tin/lead solder (63%/37%).

In Kester terminology it's this one:

SN6324550.015
63/37, 245 FLUX, 50 CORE, .015 DIA, 1 LB

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