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07-21-2015, 08:41 AM (This post was last modified: 07-21-2015 08:43 AM by BartDB.)
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RE: Soldering Station/Iron recommendation....
(07-21-2015 03:50 AM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Vacuum de-soldering tools, like a squeeze bulb or Soldapullt are preferable to solder braid, especially with through-hole components.

My vote is vice-versa, preferring de-soldering braid to a solder-sucker, especially on older printed boards I have found the pads being sucked off (particularly with single layer boards where the pad is not held in place by through-hole plating). Pre-wetting the braid with a liquid flux helps absorbtion of the solder.
-Bart

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