Desoldering a chopper transistor - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 May 2011

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  Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:57:34 -0700
 From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> 
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  On 9 May 2011 at 12:59, Shoppa, Tim wrote:

  ChemWick (which is indeed better than the other
brands but this
 applies to the Other brands too) will "dry out" and become much less
 useful If not stored properly. 
 That's "Chem-Wik" (tm) and "Soder-Wick" (tm)  by Chemtronics.

  If it does get dried out, dipping it in one of
the fancy-pants fluxes
 will Pep it up considerably :-) 
 I find that a brief dip of the braid in denatured alcohol helps
 considerably (at least with "Soder Wik".) 
Thank you, Chuck and Tim.   I did not know that.  When I get home this
evening I will put the plastic cover back on my spools of braid and
perhaps store them in a ziplock bag as well.

Jeff Walther