Hello,
Anyone have any good suggestions for desoldering braid? I was using radio shack stuff, which wasn't bad, but if you didn't use it for a while, it didn't work so well. And it was horrible with smaller sized stuff (SMD components, for example).
Now that RadioShack in our area is gone, I'd like some suggestions. Can anyone recommend some desoldering braid for SMD type components that they feel is the bees knees and desoldering braid for the old school through hole stuff?
Some of the companies I've been looking at....Easy Braid, MG Chemicals, and Chemtronics. I see Easy Braid and MG Chemicals have sizes down to 0.025" (0.63mm) and Chemtronics has sizes down to 0.030" (0.76mm)...
Some say Unfluxed, Rosin, Mildly Activated (RMA), Rosin, Non-Activated. Why would someone buy one that has no flux? Isn't it the flux that allows the stuff to move from the board to the wick? Not sure what they mean by activated. I'm going to have to read up on that a bit, some with the Rosin. I think the Rosin might be the flux. I'm guessing with the non-flux stuff, I'd probably just add flux myself....
Thanks!
Anyone have any good suggestions for desoldering braid? I was using radio shack stuff, which wasn't bad, but if you didn't use it for a while, it didn't work so well. And it was horrible with smaller sized stuff (SMD components, for example).
Now that RadioShack in our area is gone, I'd like some suggestions. Can anyone recommend some desoldering braid for SMD type components that they feel is the bees knees and desoldering braid for the old school through hole stuff?
Some of the companies I've been looking at....Easy Braid, MG Chemicals, and Chemtronics. I see Easy Braid and MG Chemicals have sizes down to 0.025" (0.63mm) and Chemtronics has sizes down to 0.030" (0.76mm)...
Some say Unfluxed, Rosin, Mildly Activated (RMA), Rosin, Non-Activated. Why would someone buy one that has no flux? Isn't it the flux that allows the stuff to move from the board to the wick? Not sure what they mean by activated. I'm going to have to read up on that a bit, some with the Rosin. I think the Rosin might be the flux. I'm guessing with the non-flux stuff, I'd probably just add flux myself....
Thanks!
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