Desoldering Braid.

[Nanozeugma]

Out of interest, can anyone state the difference(s) between the various types of Servisol Soldamop? There appear to be at least three versions, red, blue and green.
T.I.A.

[McMurdo]

I've only seen the red (standard) and green (no clean ie low residue) type. The blue stuff was Chemtronics Soder-Wick

[Oldcodger]

For interest- blokes at Marconi Space & Defence used to use small size coax outer( circa .25mm ) dipped in flux as opposed to versions of soldamop.

[Trevor]

When I was in the trade myself I often used the outer braid of a coax dipped in flux as described earlier happy days
Trev

[stevehertz]

I started a thread about solder wick a couple of years ago where the subject was discussed in depth. My own observations are that it does age and lose its potency and that you can't beat your own coax freshly soaked (and dried) in liquid flux. There seems to be very little flux on most commercial ones.

[Andrew B]

Same here, I use any bits of coax to hand and give them a wipe with with liquid flux, works like magic.

[barrymagrec]

It certainly does seem to dry out - I use the blue "SODER-WICk" and it`s definitely better when new.

I have tried to liven up older stuff with a flux pen but just got an ineffective black mess - incompatible flux types I would suppose.

[Ambientnoise]

Doesn’t even have to be coax , a short stripped length of stranded cable with the cores very slightly spread and fluxed also works ok if you have nothing else.

[Nanozeugma]

This is what I've been using - and found when re-ordering that there were other varieties on offer - hence the question...

[stevehertz]

Originally Posted by Ambientnoise

Doesn’t even have to be coax , a short stripped length of stranded cable with the cores very slightly spread and fluxed also works ok if you have nothing else.

Good tip, never thought of it. It will of course suck up solder just the same as when you are soldering a length of stranded wire and the solder travels along it.