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Title: How to clean solder off
Post by: hammad on October 03, 2006, 10:37:22 pm

Hello,
How to clean soldering off the jamma pcb's edge connector ? I tried melting it with a soldering iron and using a cloth but not too much successful because it becomes solid again very fast...

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: RayB on October 03, 2006, 10:39:31 pm

A solder sucker. You shouldn't solder without one. Under $10 at Radio Shack.

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: Level42 on October 04, 2006, 01:36:40 am

Yep, or for this typical purpusose, meshed wire may be even better. Don't know it's real English name.

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: Tahnok on October 04, 2006, 01:41:54 am

Quote from: Level42 on October 04, 2006, 01:36:40 am

Yep, or for this typical purpusose, meshed wire may be even better. Don't know it's real English name.

Solder wick.

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: Brax on October 04, 2006, 08:15:36 am

Quote from: Tahnok on October 04, 2006, 01:41:54 am

Quote from: Level42 on October 04, 2006, 01:36:40 am

Yep, or for this typical purpusose, meshed wire may be even better. Don't know it's real English name.

Solder wick.

Also known as desoldering braid. I've only used a "solder sucker" and it's suited my purposes just fine but I know people that swear by desoldering braid too. Either will work.

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: cw on October 04, 2006, 10:21:28 am

when using the wick you might turn  your iron up just a bit and make sure you pull it out far enough so that you dont melt the plastic holder that it comes in.  The plastic will melt and get in the braid.  Also as the wick fills with solder slide it over as needed..

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: ChadTower on October 04, 2006, 10:23:16 am

But use too much heat and you burn the PCB.  That's why for a novice, the sucker is probably a safer option.  Will take longer but requires less brute force heat.

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: Stingray on October 04, 2006, 01:55:43 pm

I recently picked up a desoldering iron and I don't believe I'll ever use my solder sucker again. They're about $12 at Radio Shack. Money well spent IMO.

-S

Title: Re: How to clean solder off
Post by: ChadTower on October 04, 2006, 01:59:02 pm

I have one of those... I found I prefer tighter control of the heat surface.  And I never got the hang of using it with only one hand.  Hard to use on anything smaller or larger than the pad size of an average capacitor.

Definitely worth $12 to a person who does mostly monitor cap jobs and the like.  I think I got mine for like $4 when the local Radio Shack was closing.