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Originally Posted by Gabe001
Until I found out, mostly by accident, that if you smear the braid in cheap Silverline soldering paste, it'll suck up solder from the joint like magic, whilst also acting as a heat sink. It will totally clean up the joint.
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The flux embedded in desoldering wick loses its efficacy with time, even the "good" stuff.
I keep one of the flux pens handy and run it over an inch or so of my mostly time expired wick to restore it to" fresh out of the pack" performance when need to deal with the odd old joint. Works almost as well with plain/tinned copper braid from old coax too.
Any old flux paste will work but if it's not electronics grade it may be corrosive
