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G4_Pete · 18th Jun 2019, 9:15 pm

Hi search
Beau Tech SH66 Component Lead Cleaner.
This as a tweezer thing with a stainless steel braid I have been using them for years , you squeeze it onto the wire and gently pull the component through. Great for dried on sticky bandoleer glue if you use it with a drop of lighter fuel. However searching now I cant find a UK stockest. RS used to do them.

As for fibre glass pens I hate them with a passion after a work colleague trimmed the end with a stanley knife and left the "cuttings" on the bench where I got them embedded in my cloths and skin. Horrid things completly banned!
Pete

18th Jun 2019, 9:15 pm	#8
G4_Pete Hexode Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 419	Re: Poor solderability of old components, solutions? Hi search Beau Tech SH66 Component Lead Cleaner. This as a tweezer thing with a stainless steel braid I have been using them for years , you squeeze it onto the wire and gently pull the component through. Great for dried on sticky bandoleer glue if you use it with a drop of lighter fuel. However searching now I cant find a UK stockest. RS used to do them. As for fibre glass pens I hate them with a passion after a work colleague trimmed the end with a stanley knife and left the "cuttings" on the bench where I got them embedded in my cloths and skin. Horrid things completly banned! Pete