Kitchen chemistry (was: Flux and FeCl)

[Kevin Lightner]

>OK, your choice! But has anybody tried using a rotating wire-brush.
>(the ones you can get for Dremel drills)
>I'll give it a chance, since its probably an alternative to either
>polluting the environment or damaging your health.


IMHO, that's far too abrasive.
And unless you wear a face mask, you could breathe in copper, lead and tin
dust into your lungs.
That could be bad healthwise too.
The steel brushes can also smear lead solder on a pcb causing a very low
resistive path to another conductor.

I use a Dremel (actually a jewelers flex shaft) and wire brushes all the
time, but usually for cleaning 1/4" jacks, etc.


K