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Originally Posted by Station X
I have to confess to melting solder joints with an iron and then blowing away the solder with a jet of compressed air. It leave joints very clean.
Of course it leaves "granulated" solder everywhere, but it's easily cleaned off.
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There is a hidden peril in using that method in radio sets. Solder flakes can get stuck between the tuning capacitor vanes or air dielectric trimmer capacitors. Which can give surprising and smoke generating results.
Craig