storage

[pearlescence]

Soldering top tip - don't knock your container of easy pallions on the floor as I did yesterday....<sob>
which leads me to.. how do others store their solder pallions? I've been using little individual plastic lidded pots...is there something purpose designed?

[MeadMoon]

I use old Altoids tins - a different flavour for each grade of solder

[caroleallen]

I just cut them as I need them. I don't think I've ever really understood the benefit of cutting up loads.

[ShinyLauren]

I use Muji's little pots. Don't know why I cut a bunch at once really - it's just something I've always done!

I really miss having access to a rolling mill when cutting solder now though, it's impossible to get it flat enough just by hammering it and the noise upsets the cats.

[Petal]

I cut loads up in one go and store them in tuppaware containers.

[pearlescence]

I cut up all at once too. too much of a faff to do one at a time.
I was thinking of some nifty storage thing for lots of diff grades and metals..something like those neat little pill containers wtih compartments for morning, noon, teatime and night....

[silken]

I use one of the round bead containers, much like the one from Cooksons (linked). I've labelled each little compartment with the grade of solder and cut up all my little pallions all in one go when I get a spare 30 mins. I don't really like cutting solder as I go along, it's such a faff. I'd much rather have pre-cut pallions neatly organised in one of these containers

http://www.cooksongold.com/Beads/Swi...prcode-999-098

[SilverBouillon]

I used pill plastic containers for solder chips. Then I noticed that suddenly they did not flow while soldering. I cleaned silver well, so it must be the solder, right?
I cleaned solder wire, made new chips, and it worked.
Now I wonder if solder gets tarnish in humid areas? Visually it was nothing wrong, no visible tarnish.

[Goldsmith]

I keep my silver solders in strips, if I want small pallions I pierce down the strip, I always clean the solder strip with a scraper before cutting off my pallions for soldering. I mostly use hard silver solder.

James

[pearlescence]

Ha, yes, cutting pallions is a real mind dead task