[sdiy] mis-soldered IC....

[The Old Crow]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, harry wrote:

> 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.

  While overkill for one chip, I could not function without this thing:

http://www.howardelectronics.com/den-on/sc7000.html

  It is *the best* soldering rework tool I ever got.  Expensive, yes, but 
worth it.

  Otherwise, solder wick is the way to go.  I like the "Soder[sic]-Wick" 
brand, myself.

Crow
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