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Solder Suckers
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Originally Posted by Commodore 64
ditto
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The vacuum pens are great, but to really get all the excess solder of of a contact, I find copper de-soldering braid works the best. It leaves the contact tinned as well.
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ditto squaredditto
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I use these:
http://www.wassco.com/Products/881-S...-05-16881.aspx
http://www.wassco.com/Products/881BZ...-05-16882.aspx
Great googly moogly, though. I paid about $8 apiece for them about 6 or 7 years ago. Why are they 3X as much now?
Those solder suckers work great but have one main problem: once the solder is in the bulb, it doesn't come out. Both of mine are nearly full.
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braid
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I have both the suction pen and the braided wick that C64 and navvid posted.
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For a desoldering tool I like this http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...PMAL3qGgbCpyqv it works well on a large or small solder joint. Just add some fresh solder for good thermal flow count a few seconds and pull the trigger. Braid is ok and you need it for clean up but you have a greater chance of lifting a trace or pad off the PCB when using
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