[sdiy] mis-soldered IC....

[harry]

I've had better success with solder-wick... especially on dip and sip
packages. MANY years ago I was a repair tech, unsoldering a maybe
100 pin slide switch with a solder bulb.  The other tech laughed and then
turned me on to solder-wick desoldering braid.

I still keep the bulb and the plunger type. I have the old one that springs OUT

and will hit you in the eye if you are not careful... I "took it on the chin"
once...
now I'm very wary !!!

H^) harry

Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:

> At 22:41 -0600 03-07-02, Tom FitzGibbon wrote:
>
> >i am working on a paia 9700 kit and I soldered in an IC backwards.
> >Argh!..... is there anything i can do
> >to remove it, i havnt been able to heat up all the pins at once. is there
> >any chance of saving the chip?
>
> Sure! But as with anything else you need to have the right tools.
> I use a "solder sucker" (not sure if that's the right name) -a spring
> loaded "pump" which you apply over the heated IC leg, and when the solder
> is melted you press the spring-button and the melted solder is sucked away!
>
> Repeat this until all the solder from each leg is removed, and you should
> be able to remove the IC and solder it in the right way (I prefer using IC
> sockets most of the time, even though this costs a little extra).
>
> Hallvard
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