Rosin in a sentence as a noun

There are liquids that are much less messy than rosin core.

Some people are allergic to rosin solder smoke. I kind of like it.

You would probably smell solder rosin! Edit: Well TIL there is an awful lot of heat to get rid of.

I learnt it from my dad, who always used to have a lump of rosin on his workbench to clean the soldering bit.

Also - Why is rosin-core solder so popular? I never used anything but raw spool solder and liquid flux.

Quick DDG search shows rosin flux you can make from pine sap so I went to a tree, they all have gobs of sap dripping from some point, and collected some dirty sap. Took this home and soaked and stir it in pure isopropyl alcohol.

Not vapor but some rosin core solders can fly off sideways in small droplets depending on temperature and technique. So keep your mouth shut and wear protective glasses.

Rosin in a sentence as a verb

The cello sound is gorgeous beyond belief: I can't believe it's just performer, rosin, strings, bow, and room and also has to be one totally gorgeous cello. Beyond belief sound!

Most solders used in electronic hand-soldering have a rosin flux core in the middle. The rosin melts first onto the metal you're heating, preventing the heat from forming an oxide layer so the solder can bond to the metal.

>If you are exposed to rosin smoke, you need good ventilation, not switch to leaded solder which is what you're implying here That's not what I'm trying to imply. I'm saying that you should buy a vent before you switch to lead-free because even though you need a vent or a mask for any kind of solder, your need increases when you switch.

And 'gear grease' has this composition according to Wikipedia: "Gear greases consist of rosin oil, thickened with lime and mixed with mineral oil, with some percentage of water."

I never considered flux compatibility between my solder rosin core and the flux paste and never considered measuring salt residues on the board. I almost exclusively use the same Kester sn64pb37 rosin core solder and MG Chemicals #8342 RA rosin flux paste.

When I was in high school rosin core was used and the teacher talked about it like it was some great forgiving stuff that even if you didn’t use enough flux the core would help you but I agreed messy. I am however used to working on a poor mans budget and only do home electronics, last thing I did was solder and hack a Xbox 360 and rosin core is the only solder around here you can find so I make do.

Rosin definitions

noun

any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

See also: resin

verb

rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"