Has anyone used this product or have experience using it? http://www.dutchguard.com/p-COLDSET.html

I was wondering if it would be good to use for soldring jumper wires to the rails on plastic track without melting the track.

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Ive found it hard to melt the track with my small solder Iron from radio shack--$6.98

Ive found it hard to melt the track with my small solder Iron from radio shack--$6.98

If it will melt solder, it will melt plastic...

BTW, I wonder how well that "cold solder" tool will work for soldering shunt wires on chassis and repairing armatures....
Scott

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Well well-
Just joined up. Didn't know Hobby Talk brought back the Slot Car Section. :thumbsup: Cool.

I read about this silver filled epoxy product in DesignFax magazine and forgot all about it. Sounds promising. This may be exactly what you guys want to try; "for bonding electrical components that could be damaged by hot solder."

http://www.devcon.com/devconfamilyproduct.cfm?familyid=325.0&catid=33

There are also some other metal filled epoxies listed. Look for the "Tru-Bond" name near the bottom;

http://www.devcon.com/devconcatsolution.cfm?catid=38

Scott V.

I bought on of these. It does work, but of course not as well as on tv. I'd reccomend buying a good soldering gun or iron. The gun I use is a weller that I bought used at a flea market 12 years ago. They make irons that you can vary the heat on, but they are kinda expansive. That's why I use a gun once you get the hang of it you can kinda vary the heat with the trigger and the wellers have a two position trigger for hot and hotter.

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I bought one of those things, and it is very difficult to get to work properly. I too was hoping to solder track rails, but it just dosen't cut it. Get a good regular iron, like a 40 watt Unger that gets REAL hot. This allows you to get in, make the joint and get out before the track melts. Also use a liquid flux, and small diameter solder.

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