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Old 12th Dec 2017, 12:25 am   #11
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Default Re: Solder suckers (AKA desoldering tools).

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Originally Posted by Station X View Post
On vintage consumer equipment PCB's with wide tracks, I melt the solder with an ordinary iron then blow it away with a jet of compressed air, which has the advantage of cooling things down.
I do this sometimes as well, but I blow the air through an old ballpoint pen case held in the mouth. You do have to be careful to clean up afterwards though, as you can cause bridged tracks.
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