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I have a spool of .032 solder and I was wondering if this will work or do I need to order the .031 solder from BYOC? Is there enough of a difference that I need to get .031? Has anyone else used the .032 solder without any problems?

0.032" is just barely thicker. I doubt you'd even notice a difference.

More important is the type of solder it is. Is it rosin core solder? 60/40 or 63/37? Any of those should work fine.

Crap when I first started I had .60 I think it was and I couldn't figure out why I had huge blobs Still have it just for the memories.

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Did that still worked out for you?

Thanks!

Oh yeah, it worked fine in terms of the pedal firing up. The biggest issue was trying not to get solder bridges and I couldn't figure out how anyone could solder with ease as I was sweating. Then someone pointed out I was using a huge pieces of solder and way too much. If memory serves me I think I built 3 pedals that way from BYOC before I had a moment.

I did use 60/40 rosin core so I had the right stuff just too big.

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I used the .6 on the starter board and it was a miserable experience. I couldnt figure out how anyone could enjoy that job. Needless to say, I have .3 on order now before I start my real first project.

Should I feel guilty about taking the spool back to the depot even though I used a few inches... it was a big spool and I'll never use it

I like to have both large and small diameter solder on hand---I do most of my work with smaller diameter but large is nice for soldering pots, board-mounted switches, etc.

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