[sdiy] Favourite flux cleaning ritual?

[Graham Atkins]

I use this method as well with ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL and generally it  
works very well. If
there is a lot of flux it sometimes leaves a film on the surrounding  
area which requires a second
pass as Tim mentions.

Graham

On 12 Sep 2011, at 06:08, Tim Parkhurst wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Mike Beauchamp <mikebeauchamp at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> How does everyone clean the flux off their boards?
>>
>
> Isopropyl Alcohol (90% pure or better), NOT Rubbing Alcohol, NOT
> Rubbing Alcohol, NOT Rubbing Alcohol. :)
>
> Rubbing Alcohol contains lanolin and other skin conditioners that will
> leave a film. One more time: NOT Rubbing Alcohol.
>
> I use Isopropyl (NOT Rubbing Alcohol) and an old toothbrush. It takes
> a few rinses, then I rinse off with the hottest water I can get. This
> may still leave some shmutz, so I scrub and rinse again with Isopropyl
> (NOT Rubbing Alcohol) and another hot water rinse. If I want my boards
> to look picture perfect after this, I'll polish up the open areas with
> q-tips.
>
>
> Tim (NOT...) Servo
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