Was gathering all my solder up to see what I had and found one roll of 63/37 no clean core with a 3 year shelf life. This was a bit of a surprise as I never thought of solder having an expiration date. Heck I know I have solder that is more than 20 years old that I use all the time without issues. This particular roll is 5 years old and 2 years past it's expiration date. I'm not going to worry about it a whole lot and will be using it. It's the only roll of 0.015 I have, at the rate I use solder that small this roll will be around long after I'm dead and gone.
Wondering if anyone has ran into any issues with old solder. Can't imagine the tin/lead going bad, must be the flux that has a shelf life.
Wondering if anyone has ran into any issues with old solder. Can't imagine the tin/lead going bad, must be the flux that has a shelf life.