Flux removal question

[Chris MacDonald]

Hi Blandon,

Although it's hard to say about your capacitors I suspect they may be
okay.  They are encased in a plastic jacket so the solvent would have to
eat through that first.

After defluxing, you might try using a can of compressed air to blow out
any liquid around jacks, pots, underneath IC's, etc.

Also, I have been using Kester "No Clean" solder for a while now and
like it.  It does leave a bit of residue so the result doesn't look
quite as clean as with a defluxed board, but I like not having to do the
defluxing step.

-Chris


Blandon Ray wrote:
> 
> Actually a few questions, especially for those of you building the Mini Modular:
> 
> After last night's round of soldering I sprayed the back of the board with some
> flux remover. When it dried, some of the clear plastic polystyrene capacitors had
> turned white on the outside. My questions are: first, is this likely to damage the
> caps themselves? Second, what else shouldn't I spray with flux remover? Finally,
> how important is it (generally speaking) to remove flux from analogue circuits?
> I'm told it can cause problems related to current leaking around the board, but
> that's about all I know.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> blandon