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| MadMagpie:
the board is varnished? sometimes they apply varnish for protection. |
| Mysterioii:
I wouldn't necessarily expect it on a cheap board, but it could be a "conformal coating" (or "varnish" as MadMagpie suggested). I used to develop test programs for circuit cards from naval gun systems and those boards were HEAVILY conformal coated (salt water and electronics don't mix well). If you were probing with a sharp probe you could just crunch the tip through it, but if you needed to attach a clip or replace a part you had to scrape that crap off with an exacto knife. So, if you really think there's a coating, try scraping it off. Then, +1 to the flux suggestion. Even rosin core solder dries out over time so it's good to have some flux handy. I have a flux pen and a needle-tip squeeze bottle depending on the situation. |
| astroone:
Got Some Flux from radio shack Solder is now sticking to the pcb Thank You |
| CoryBee:
BOOYA! I love when this forum produces results for people, I know it's helped me quite a bit as well. :cheers: cheers mate |
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