Author Topic: Hot glue and solder Q (Read 2728 times)

jirovede · « **on:** June 29, 2004, 02:56:00 pm »

I am done soldering a gamepad hack and was wondering if I could pour hot glue over the solder points so that they wouldnt come loose or break off when I put the pad back together?
Thanks

whammoed · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2004, 03:02:56 pm »

I have used hot glue to reinforce wires on many keyboard hacks and it works really well. Got the idea when I took a keyboard apart and it already had some hot glue on some wires from the factory ( I assume it is hot glue...that's what it looks like)
Don't know of any reason why hot glue would be bad except if you need to get back at the solder point for some reason. Maybe someone else knows of any reasons not to use it?

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2004, 03:08:36 pm »

its safe and effective, as far as i know

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2004, 03:31:45 pm »

i never knew that was hot glue, always thought it was some kind of special silicone or something but i never really thought about it either. doesnt sound like it could hurt

RandyT · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2004, 03:57:51 pm »

Quote from: whammoed on June 29, 2004, 03:02:56 pm

Don't know of any reason why hot glue would be bad except if you need to get back at the solder point for some reason.

This is probably the major concern.

Don't try to substitute hot-melt adhesive for a good soldering job.

If you have good solder joints, the wires won't break loose unless you move them around enough to actually break the wires. This is where the hot-melt comes in. Hold your wires to the board close to the solder joint, but not on the solder joint.

It will offer the same benefits, plus allow you to fix a problem if one occurs.

RandyT

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2004, 04:07:12 pm »

RAndy. SO you think hot glue is a bad idea?

kevin · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2004, 04:20:28 pm »

I'm pretty sure he means to glue your wires down on a patch near the solder point, but not right on top. That way you can secure your wires and still have access the solder point should you need to fix or add to it in the future.

RandyT · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2004, 04:22:09 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 29, 2004, 04:07:12 pm

RAndy. SO you think hot glue is a bad idea?

Hot glue on the solder joints is a bad idea. It can hide a poor soldering job that will eventually break loose and because of all the hot glue, be irrepairable.

Hot glue on wires a short distance away from the joint to provide immobilization of the wires is a good thing

RandyT


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