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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] solder paste choice

2009-04-30 by Erik Knise

With water soluble you really need to have a good cleaning system to
get ALL of the flux out from underneath the parts.  At my last job we
had a large industrial washer.  It worked fairly well, but in certain
areas it would not clean very well...

I still prefer using water soluble because it's easier for me to touch
up.  I've always just washed it off with extremely hot water and
scrubbed it with a toothbrush.  Worked fine, but I never had very many
large parts on the boards I've washed by hand.

I personally prefer the look of a nice clean board verses one covered
in no-clean or rosin core flux.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> Basic question: no-clean or water soluble?
>
>

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Erik L. Knise
Pacific Shipping Company
Seattle, WA

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