I only use the kester leaded solder. The ROHS shit don't flow.
Kester is definitely good. I also like to keep some Ersin multicore around for when I need a little more flux but don't want to put any liquid or paste flux on. I still have a roll or two of Radio Shack 60/40 from circa 1990 around the bench somewhere. Going to keep those since they are now a part of history and irreplaceable.
Nice, I got a ton of Radio Shack rolls but spent them all up. Keep those around they are part of history. I miss 80-90s radio shack so much. Go in and ask for the bible tick off what you wanted. Those were the days.
Are you familiar with the Radio Shack catalog online archive? It's got full scanned catalogs of the general catalog, specialty catalogs and computer catalogs too. It's no replacement for the real thing but it is neat to go back in time and see what was new and exciting in those years gone by. I remember being so excited when new catalogs came out to see what new components were going to be available that year. The General Instruments CTS256=AL2 speech chip was a mind blower to teenage me. It was fun trying to make it work on my C-64 back then. I never got it to work but years later I built one with an RS-232 interface for general PC use. Ah, the good old days. Today's electronics are just too boring and mundane. They just don't have that old magic in them.
Anyway, here's the catalog archive if you haven't seen it before. Enojy!
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