Colored Solder Wire

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Almighty Loaf
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Colored Solder Wire

Post by Almighty Loaf » Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:54 pm

I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good place to get silicone soldering wire in different colors without having to pay a ridiculous price. I've looked everywhere and haven't found any good sources so please help me and just let me know where you got your wire.

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by NarxElectronics » Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:20 pm

Adafruit sells 2m of 30 Gauge for $0.75, and 2m of 26 Gauge for $0.95 for so if you were to get multiple colors it wouldn't be too much . You would just have to deal with their ridiculous shipping costs... :roll:

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by dryja123 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:47 pm

Exactly why I went with the Striveday wire from Amazon. $13 for 4 rolls of wire that are 10m each. $9 for shipping on $0.75 is insane.

Striveday™ 30 AWG Flexible Silicone Wire https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KQ2JNLI/re ... KzbSZ0PDRG

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by RetroRocket » Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:03 pm

I got something like this:
Made a few mistakes while learning to solder but I'm on GBZ #3 and still using the first spool I bought.

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by dryja123 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:08 pm

RetroRocket wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:03 pm
I got something like this:
Made a few mistakes while learning to solder but I'm on GBZ #3 and still using the first spool I bought.
Is that PVC coated or silicone?

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by VeteranGamer » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:30 am

dryja123 wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:08 pm
RetroRocket wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:03 pm
I got something like this:
Made a few mistakes while learning to solder but I'm on GBZ #3 and still using the first spool I bought.
Is that PVC coated or silicone?

its not silicone....

its what you normally get with gpio connectors

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Re: Colored Solder Wire

Post by RetroRocket » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:29 am

dryja123 wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:08 pm
RetroRocket wrote:
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:03 pm
I got something like this:
Made a few mistakes while learning to solder but I'm on GBZ #3 and still using the first spool I bought.
Is that PVC coated or silicone?
Ah yes, sorry I missed that qualification in your post.

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