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Come on then -- let's see some Soldering Iron recommendations .....
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I bought some silver solder after someone on MR recommended it and voila I could suddenly solder successfully. I've never tried lead free because the silver stuff works just fine for my purposes.
And is much more resistant to melting it if you accidentally wrap it round the iron .
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I saw a video which suggested that using separate flux made it a lot easier to get the solder to flow nicely. But I suspect it would be more prone to go everywhere, so requiring wiping off afterwards.
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I started learning to solder last week. The fact that even I was able to create a good solder joint suggests that the iron must be up to the task...
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As to adding flux this is a good idea if you're re flowing joints. The original flux will be gone do you need something to get it all moving. And the cleanup is easy IPA and a stiff brush.