12 Mar
2000
12 Mar
'00
6:31 p.m.
Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote:
You know as well as I do what hell some of these machines lived in an how
robust they really are. A red erasor is not going to do anything negative
to a 'finger' on a board. I have my 130xe for 15 years and have used an
erasor at least 30 times on various boards. No impact other than to solve
spurious flaky problems. The reason why I like the red ones is for thier
mild abrasive quality. The softer ones don't take off the oxide.
Gosh, I didn't realize gold oxidized :). Second, while I also use erasors to
clean gold fingers, I would fully expect any abrasive material to remove
some of the gold. How much? Darned if I know.