As a DIYer I started soldering by going out and buying the solder and flux kit from oatey. It came with Oatey 95 and some silver lead-free solder. Been using that for last 3 years. Had good results so when I ran out I'd just buy the Oatey 95 again. Been reading about corrosion from residual flux and how by code water soluable is what everyone should use. The guy who taught me how to solder said "don't be stingy with the flux" so, I'm sure I used more than I needed. I'm going to buy a tin of water soluable and see if it is as hard to work with as some have said.
From reading a lot of forum posts I see the reasoning for avoiding the water soluable stuff, but if it's code everywhere why do manufactures still put out regualr flux?
From reading a lot of forum posts I see the reasoning for avoiding the water soluable stuff, but if it's code everywhere why do manufactures still put out regualr flux?