On 06/04/2011 22:06, Steven Hirsch wrote:
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> Over here (UK) all the common flux removers we
used to use were based
> on 1-1-1-TCE (trichloroethane). Not quite as horrible as PERC
> (tetrachloroethylene) in many ways but now banned, while (to my slight
> surprise) PERC isn't.
The only good thing I can say about trichlor is that
it actually removed
flux. The alcohol based cleaners are a bad joke.
Yes, and that's why (looks round to check for eavesdroppers) I keep a
secret supply of the good stuff at the very back of the shelf.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York