PCB pads problem?
Hi Guys,
When I recap, until I get my desolder gun, I just use wick, iron and a big safety pin for clean out the holes in the PCB.
Now occasionally I think I am destroying the small pads on the bottom of the PCB, this combined with perhaps not quite the right cleaning technique means that when trying to solder the new caps in the solder doesnt flow.
I have got flux clean and ISO alcohol. So after removing all the old solder, is that when I use the flux clean, or alcohol or both? Or is the flux clean only for when you have put the new caps in and are cleaning up?
I need to get a bit better at this.....
When the holes are clean, and the pads are there the solder flows really nicely.
-Al
When I recap, until I get my desolder gun, I just use wick, iron and a big safety pin for clean out the holes in the PCB.
Now occasionally I think I am destroying the small pads on the bottom of the PCB, this combined with perhaps not quite the right cleaning technique means that when trying to solder the new caps in the solder doesnt flow.
I have got flux clean and ISO alcohol. So after removing all the old solder, is that when I use the flux clean, or alcohol or both? Or is the flux clean only for when you have put the new caps in and are cleaning up?
I need to get a bit better at this.....
When the holes are clean, and the pads are there the solder flows really nicely.
-Al