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HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 06, 2011, 03:46:46 pm ---What do you do, use the iron to melt the existing solder and then suction it up? How is the braid supposed to work?

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Yes.  The one I use you 'charge' first, then it has a button you press to release the vacuum.

The braid works like a wick, you lay in on the area, and apply heat to the braid...
yotsuya:
Yeah, it sounds like suction would work better.

That'll be the next thing I learn. Last summer it was using a router. This summer, soldering!
HaRuMaN:
Buy some junk electronics at a yard sale or thrift store and go to town...
crashwg:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 06, 2011, 04:02:30 pm ---Yeah, it sounds like suction would work better.

That'll be the next thing I learn. Last summer it was using a router. This summer, soldering!

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In my experience, using a suction based desoldering device in combination with a solder wick gives the best results.  The suction takes care of the majority of the solder and the wick gets the rest.  Really both are useful skills in repairing & modifying PCBs.
jennifer:

          Maybe my sucker sucks [or not], I never could get the hang of that. The wick is awsome though, It gets hot fast so hold it with a good
roach clip and pull it across the melted solder, as it soaks in move to a clean piece.
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