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Subject: Re: Softening solder paste

From: "michael_haberler" <reg5612@...>
Date: 2008-02-18

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Bill Maxwell <wrmaxwell@...> wrote:
>
> I have had great results using a Flux Pen, type SMF12P, manufactured by
> Electrolube, to soften dried out solder paste, Marko. It would be
> useful to know just what the solvent used in that product is. A tub of
> it would be very handy on the work-bench.

I've read up the safety description of the SMF12P Flux Pen - see
http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/60861.pdf .

It lists Propan-2-ol (Isopropanol) - should be easy to get.

-Michael