[sdiy] Flux residue removal

[Tristan]

You can also order from Mouser. Search for isopropyl alcohol.

/Tristan

On Sat, May 19th, 2018 at 6:17 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:

> 
> I was able to get 99% isopropanol online.  Google is your friend, I see it at
> Walmart
> and several other places.  I suspect that a reason it is either not stocked
> or bought
> up in stores is that it can be use to process cannabis into a more
> concentrated form. 
> I was also informed that IPA is not a proper abbreviation for it and that IPA
> really
> stands for India Pale Ale...  :)
> 
> KA4HJH <ka4hjh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >What's the consensus on removing rosin flux residue these days? 
> >What chemical(s) to use, how much elbow grease? I have acetone 
> >and denatured alcohol (ethanol) on hand. I can't find any 99% IPA 
> >locally, only 91%. 
> >
> >Back in the mid-Eighties I worked on cable TV amplifiers and we 
> >used spray cans of some sort of CFC to remove flux residue. The 
> >stuff blasted it off the board in half a second. We went through 
> >cases of it. So much for the ozone layerwe did our part in 
> >damaging it. 
> >
> >
> >Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> >"The Mac Doctor"
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> >   What's the consensus on removing rosin flux residue these days? What
> >   chemical(s) to use, how much elbow grease? I have acetone and denatured
> >   alcohol (ethanol) on hand. I can't find any 99% IPA locally, only 91%.
> >
> >   Back in the mid-Eighties I worked on cable TV amplifiers and we used
> >   spray cans of some sort of CFC to remove flux residue. The stuff
> >   blasted it off the board in half a second. We went through cases of it.
> >   So much for the ozone layer--we did our part in damaging it.
> >   Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> >   "The Mac Doctor"
> >
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