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Old 11th Dec 2017, 11:05 pm   #9
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Default Re: Solder suckers (AKA desoldering tools).

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've been warned that the displaced solder will form conductive bridges all other the place. This doesn't seem to happen though. The solder kind of granulates and is easily brushed off with an old tooth brush.
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