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Re:Have you ever seen soldering THIS close? [video] by mistaken on Thursday September 19, 2024 @03:44AM (#41589503)
As for “high lead solder” - you won’t buy it in Europe. We had to learn using lead free for rework and you know what - it’s not much different, assuming you have high quality equipment.

That's bollocks. You can buy leaded solder in Europe just fine. You only need to worry about lead-free if you want to sell a commercial product.

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Re:Have you ever seen soldering THIS close? [video] by pkolaczk on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @11:52AM (#41721898)
You can’t in Poland if you don’t own a resistered business. I tried and nope, they won’t sell it to individuals.

But thanks for letting me know, maybe it was just a local problem of the particular store, but a EU policy.

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