Odp: [sdiy] solder wick?

[Roman Sowa]

Hi,

> >Of course you have to collect all solder from the sink, coz it's
> >bad for fish and stuff. And don't do that when your wife/girlfrind/mother
> >is at home.
>
> some of you people are insane..;-)

wouldn't you know it by now? :-)

> and i thought electronics was all about
> all this careful work with tiny tools on a square milimeter.

naaah, it's "smash it wit a hammer" thing. At least for some circuits that
refuse to work.

> but seriously: wouldn't this damage components? for a lot of stuff it
> doesn't seem too practical to use wicks and manual suckers to desolder, but
> this way you can salvage a lot of stuff in a very short time..

it's perfect for sockets, resistors (I wouldn't desolder them on purpose, but if
they fall out by themselves...), ferrite beads, all stuff heat can't break
easily.
With a litle practice, kitchen-fire method can be used for ICs - they actually
can stand preatty much heat. And also those big TQFP300 custom ICs can
be desoldered this way. Not that I need them, but they are good objects
for fine soldering practices.

Roman