I can't get over how good you are at explaining things. I could listen to you all day!!

I’m planning on adding soldering, to my skill set, so I’ve been researching it, off and on, for the past few months. After seeing this video, I learned that 99.9% of modelers, who are teaching soldering, have no idea how to properly solder. Thank you 🙏

This has to be the most complete, concise and understandable explanation of the art and science of soldering I've ever encountered. Thank you for being an excellent instructor.

Who are the 41 dimwits giving this video a thumbs down? Our world is screwed up. Keep up the great work Sir. You are a true craftsman.

Maybe a niche topic for most people, but one of the best instructional videos I've seen on this Y'Tube.

Hey Paul, This is a great video ! No filler & worthless small talk, just right to the point . Great job.

This gentleman has absolutely the best videos on the internet. There are people who try to explain procedures and then there are instructors, like this man who you can tell by his way of explaining things, has years of experience. Also his shop is ALWAYS clean and organized. He is the Modeler Supreme

golden advice on brass, tin, and lead

Brilliant tips - attempting my first fuselage tubular frame, this was a huge help!

I've been soldering since I was seven years old, and I'm a Class 3 Certified Solderer... and I STILL Learn something new! Thanks Paul! :D Joe

Paul, Fabulous learning Video!!!! Previously I have been an B-767.B-727, B737 Airline captain, Airline instructor pilot, FAA Airline Examiner for same, Licensed aircraft mechanic A&P, helped start A&P school for the state college, licensed Supper Late Model NASCAR driver, fabricator & builder including the engine and private 80x40 race/machine shop/toy shop. Now finishing up my General Contracting license. WATCHING YOUR FABULOUS VIDIEOS......I NOW NEED TO QUIET MODEL BUILDING. I can NEVER build a scale model anywhere near as well as you can. I want to, but your skills are so far advanced from my own that I feel I could never come close. Richard

Thank god I found this channel!! Wooho

Fantastic video. narration, sound quality with no distracting background music and high quality content performed by a master of his craft. Thanks for this profesional video.

What a fantastic video....thanks Paul!

Wow, thanks! Great tutorial. This opened my eyes to another technique I can add to model building. I also build guitar effect pedals, so I have all the necessary solder equipment already. Best/most basic tip I can give is heat the part, not the solder! I’ve never used flux though, as it’s included in the solder, where I live anyway.

This is such a high quality video! Great pacing, graphics, variety of tips and approaches covered in a relatively short video. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Very good tips.

Excellent tutorial.

That was the most useful soldering tutorial I've ever watched. Thank you!

You're a great Teacher sir!. Very logical and easy to follow.

Excellent, many thanks

Great video. I have watched a bunch of other soldering tutorials but couldn't find anyone doing quite what I wanted; it was either jewellery or electronics. Thanks mate, this was really helpful.

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏

How cOOl! You'r the bomb, and i have totaly no experience to know saying this. I see this for the first time. But you have make things pretty clear to me. Thanks for the awerness, and how some things work. Note: when i saw the comments, i 'm convinced that what i saw was a Profesional.

Great work! I saw Fred play this many times. Thanks

Best modeling channel on KZfaq!

trying to teach my son soldering techniques over the internet as he lives with his mother just sent him a link to this as its a superb resource, kristan you need to tell me when you read this so i know you watched it

very helpful and informative thanks

Thank you!

Thank you for the tip about the wet towels! I'm definitely going to try that. I've been needed to revisit the iron as I torch for just about everything. I totally forgot about tinning, seems like a really useful technique.

Excellent video! Thank you!

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I feel better armed at soldering now.

Excellent video!

Amazing tutorial Paul, the only missing part was Soldering Paste. Extremely useful and easy to flow.

Some of the best soldering I have ever seen. An excellent tutorial.

Thanks man..! god bless u .. 4 better world.. setting the knowledge free ..is the answer, i belieave.. if the art wid tehcnic is the top of the grace, transmission will save us from cold and dark world .. So sad, when a man leave this world with his knowledge taken from another, with him without sharing it with new generations .. so thanks a lot !! ..

This video helped me! Thank you. Perfect!

Well done. The video was very helpful.

I've been soldering photo etched parts for many years and the tips you share in this video will surely make the process even more pleasant. Thank you.

very good video. thank you.

Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice work

Thank you for this excellent soldering video.

What a fantastic video!! I subscribed immediately.

Best job in the world

Excellent video.

Thanks so much. This really helped with my project for school.

Fantastic video :) Greetings from Norway ,Stefan

Lovely clean work

Excellent video. thank you.

Thank you! Very Thanks for this video!

Thank you. Very useful tips.

A clean job, a delight to behold thank you this slice of life. Most excellent and uncommon, again thank you.

Im scratch building some stuff for an HO scale brass train and this was suuuper helpful!

Wow. Well made and thoroughly explained. Great video.

Great video indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Thank You for his thoughtful clear explanation.

Thank you very much, this has given me the confidence to try a few projects that I have been putting off.

This is a very good video. Thanks!

I cannot overstate how much I have learned from Mr. Budzik over the past 10 years or so. Virtually all of his techniques, when I have adopted them, have become my "go-to" in whatever area they apply to. Quite honestly, he is much more meticulous and more of a perfectionist than I am, and I do not have access to all of the tools he does, but it is still immeasurably valuable to know the "best" way to do things. I always found soldering to be quite frustrating prior to watching this video (I know I saw it somewhere before February 2018), and often I simply failed in my attempts. Now it is a breeze. I guess what I am trying to say: Thank you for sharing your techniques Mr. Budzik!

Great video! Thanks

Excellent video and explanations, I do a lot of soldering on photo etch and custom made small brass parts. I wish I had found this video before I shelled out for a resistance soldering rig.

Thank you, Sir, for a true basic understanding of soldering.

That was an incredible tutorial thank you for sharing.👏

That was a really good video and helped tremendously

Excellent video sir! Thanks for sharing.

Very useful and helpful. Thanks very much!

Inspiring. Thank you.

Excellent video

Great introduction to soldering! I’m just starting to try detailing my kits, and want to be able to create new parts from wire, rod, and brass sheet. Any chance of an introductory video on tools and techniques to make your own small metal parts?

Thank you Dr. Budzik for another excellent video. I learned to solder back in shop class, then used it in plumbing and electronic work, but never really considered the science.

Awesome video thanks

Mr. Paul Budzak, I deeply thank you for the perfect way to explain something as important as this in brass welding. After much research, I came to the conclusion that there should be nothing more concise than this explanation throughout the web. I also have to say that the calm and cadence of your verbal explanations are inextricable. I ’m going to start to work on a big size brass model RC boat and your information is priceless. For all this, once again thank you for democratizing your knowledge. Please continue to do this great job. Macedo Pinto, Portugal

agree, excellent tutorial, thank you very much.

Very precise information. Thank you. Your skill is inspiring.

Thank you, Paul.

THANK YOU FOR THIS ....I DO SOLDER QUITE A BIT BUT IT ALWAYS HELPS TO LEARN FROM A PROFESSIONAL THANKS AGAIN MAN SUBSCRIBED AND BELL RUNG

best soldering instructional

First time to your channel - I can’t thank you enough for the value you have added to KZfaq with this content. You have answered so many question I have about making custom parts for my scale RC Rock Crawler. Do you have a video specific to brazing or soldering small aluminum parts? Anyway I appreciate the thought and knowledge you just added to my skill set arsenal. Your channel is a welcome addition to what I call “KZfaq University” it’s amazing what one can learn on KZfaq - Cheers

That's awesome info thanks...

I really appreciate your video. You are very knowledgeable and give us the details we need to know. Also your video production is wonderful. I am in the film world I I understand what it takes to make a video like this so I’m great full for your time and effort. Both of these worlds are for creatives and it’s cool for me to see them come together.

Great lessons!

Very informative. Thank you.

Thank you so much Mr. Budzik this is by far the best explanation and instruction for someone who has no experience in soldering. I honestly feel like I now can attempt this and further my model building ability. You have been a endless wealth of knowledge for me for over 30 years thank you so much good sir!

Good Video! Clear, concise explanations supported by good video and photos. Nicely done.

great vid . thanks!

Thank you this was very helpful

Hats-off! Master.

Woa what a fantastic video. I have done a lot of silver soldering repairing locks and old keys but I am repairing a very large albatross bird sculpture and need to scale things up. The videos I have watched are generally lacking in specifics. That flux looks excellent, thick and it appears to have metal particles in it perhaps? I've been sold a watery liquid flux which doesn't protect the surface from oxidising for very long so I have brought a roisin gel which at least doesn't seem to disappear so fast. This was helpful thank you.

Brilliant info 👌 👌 thanks 💯

Good , clear basic advice. You must have heat-proof fingers ! Many modellers like to use lower melting-point solders, e.g 145deg C (300deg F) so that they don't burn their fingers.

Very informative. I've done a lot of electronics work, but model soldering is new. I just picked up the Langley CV-1 photo etch. Amazingly small stuff, lots of joints. Wish me luck.

just great!

nice work

Hi. I just found your channel. I just love how your explain and show the process. Is there any way to darken the solder color? I want to patine the brass but the solder is still very visible in areas where I do not have access to clean up properly. Is there any chemical that can darken the color of the solder as well so it will blend better with antiqued brass? I am using a 50/50 tin lead solder. But I can change it if necessarily Thank you.

Just starting out thank you

whooaaaaAAaAaA!!! that is helpful as hell

thank you soooo much

Great video! I would really like to see more on F1 project. Please give me a link to that project. Thank you

Many thanks for the tutorial very informative. I have a project where I need to make a new honeycomb radiator for my 1929 Scott. I need to dip solder 1000 brass tubes and need a liquid flux to dip the radiator into before a shallow bath of solder, what flux would you recommend.

Wow, how did you cut the sheet brass so precise!