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Good solder wick (for german market)
Traceless:
@tooki: Very thorough explanation, that pretty much sums it up perfectly. I also think that you have a very good point saying
--- Quote from: tooki ---the flux in it won’t cause damage (otherwise the wick itself would be corroded)
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I guess that means that most (all?) solder wick is safe to use (aka non-corrosive). I was looking for no-clean specifically because I wasn't sure if there is some sort of flux that gets activated once heat is applied but does not corrode wick before it gets heated up for the first time, who knows? But as you also correctly stated the terminology is pretty imprecise. Just because a flux is advertised as "no-clean" does not mean that it is completely non-corrosive, as proven by SDG's video I linked below. So takeaway for me is that the label "no-clean" is not as meaningful with respect to flux corrosiveness as I initially considered it to be.
@madires: If you're interested in the topic there are some interesting videos on youtube that talk about different types of fluxes and the damage they may do, like this one from Mr Carlson or this one from SDG Electronics.
P.S.: The transistor tester project you mentioned is this one I assume?
madires:
--- Quote from: Traceless on October 20, 2021, 08:49:41 pm ---P.S.: The transistor tester project you mentioned is this one I assume?
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Yup!
Microdoser:
+1 from me for GootWick
One thing that can turn bad wick into better wick is adding some flux to it...
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