<div dir="ltr">I use a local brand, Steren, 60/40<div><a href="http://www.steren.com.mx/rollo-de-100-gramos-de-soldadura-con-aleacion-estano-plomo-60-40.html">http://www.steren.com.mx/rollo-de-100-gramos-de-soldadura-con-aleacion-estano-plomo-60-40.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>Yeah I guess it's not no clean, just regular leaded. I just never felt like enough flux got on the boards to warrant cleaning. I probably should though, if it's corrosive in the long run. I've only been doing this for 7 years, maybe I'll find out in 20 that I should have been cleaning all along!</div><div><br></div><div>What should I use to clean then?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:59 AM, Pete Hartman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete.hartman@gmail.com" target="_blank">pete.hartman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What type of solder are you using? Brand and model?<br><br>I use Kester 331 water soluble flux solder for early components (stuff that can get wet), and it comes off the board entirely with a brush (nylon bristles, like a really big toothbrush) and warm/hot water. Thing about it is, if I were using it on the top and it were getting under components it would take more like an ultrasonic bath to clean and get flux out from under resistors and things, and if you don't clean it, the stuff is corrosive in the longer run.<br><br>I finish up for things that can't get wet (pots etc) with Kester 245 no-clean. It does leave some residue, but the main point is that it's not meant to be cleaned off normally, and it doesn't leave enough to look like some of the messes I've seen. I also use it for any top solder touch ups.<div><br></div><div>I've seen some really nasty work come across my workbench for repair, stuff with 331 flux still on it after who knows how long, stuff with ancient rosin flux with the black and brown lava flows all over it. <br><br>I figure if you're not using no-clean, you'd know it :)</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Quincas Moreira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quincas@gmail.com" target="_blank">quincas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I’ve never cleaned a board, ever... Maybe I’m using no clean solder and didn’t even know it, I just never felt the need. My builds look clean enough to me. Am I trippin’?<br><br><div id="m_-3958329890970777787m_7318361737590697908AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="m_-3958329890970777787h5"><div><br>On Feb 14, 2018, at 07:33, Pete Hartman <<a href="mailto:pete.hartman@gmail.com" target="_blank">pete.hartman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Mattias Rickardsson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mr@analogue.org" target="_blank">mr@analogue.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Top side is much simpler, I'll never go back - but probably a bit trickier to get clean from flux etc?<span class="m_-3958329890970777787m_7318361737590697908HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto"><br></div></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I think this is the main reason I still primarily bottom solder, but I check my joints and if I have ones that didn't wick up to the top I'll touch them up with no-clean.</div><div><br></div><div>Pete</div></div></div></div>
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