[sdiy] wick it, wick it good

[Michael Bacich]

On Apr 19, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Loscha wrote:

> when you use solder wick to de-solder, do you "puff it up" by  
> pulling it side-ways a little before you use it, or, leave it how  
> it came on the roll?

No, don't fluff it up -- leave it as it comes from the roll.  BTW,  
make sure your wick is fresh, and not old stock.  The freshness of  
the product effects the chemicals that are impregnated into the  
wick.  These chemicals encourage the wicking action and the flow of  
solder.  Fresh wick works great, old stale wick hardly does anything,  
and will possibly make you damage parts and circuit traces by causing  
you to use too much heat, often to no avail.

Now get straight, go forward, move ahead, try to detect it, it's not  
too late!