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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In my experience, there seem to be two kinds of
wick..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. the kind that is just straight copper & goes
"off" after</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a period (presumeably via tarnishing)
and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. a kind coated with resisn (or something similar)
that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>doesn't go "off".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't fluff it.. but, I often ADD fresh solder
before </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>using it, to get all the stray old solder melted
& flowing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>paul perry Melbourne
Australia</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>