[sdiy] Favourite flux cleaning ritual?

[Dave Manley]

On 9/16/2011 8:56 AM, Neil Johnson wrote:
>
>> The logic is impeccable - if it can't dissolve human flesh, it's not
>> a solvent worth bothering with!! ;)
>
> Place I used to work years ago used trich or freon (I forget which now) for PCB cleaning. Very good too. But not if you were a heavy smoker... the vapours were also rather good at softening all those
> thick tar deposits in the lungs, which then started sloshing around inside you. **UUGGHH**
>
> Also used hydrofluoric acid for cleaning. Yet more vapours to avoid inhaling.
>
> Neil (who didn't inhale...)

This is the most disgusting thing I've seen posted to sdiy.  Hopefully, you weren't the smoker.

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