[sdiy] Flux residue removal

[paula at synth.net]

As Scott says, IPA and a int free cloth..
IPA is found online without much hassle :)

On 2018-05-18 21:17, Scott Gravenhorst 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.
>> 
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>> 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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