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Clogged desoldering station

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janoc:
Folks, that is a 7 years old thread you are reviving. The poster you are replying to possibly doesn't even have that device anymore.

donlisms:
And yet... millions of people, all around the world, are still clogging their desoldering guns, and looking to this very forum for answers!

(Besides... stainless steel has an order of magnitude less thermal conductance than copper, so... maybe not such a good approach.  Solder sticks to copper in millions of circumstances, all around the world, every day, and people consider that a "good thing.")

Paceguy:
My Pace desoldering handpiece also clogs from time to time. I heat it up and use tip cleaning tool and un-clog it.

Wallace Gasiewicz:
I started using Anti Seize compound on the inner tube of my solder suckers (Pace) and also on some tips that get stuck.  It works very well. the  stuff I bought at an auto supply is essentially aluminum and the solvent burns off quickly leaving a thin Al coating which helps a lot.  I also think there is a copper based paste. This sort of thing has been recommended by some  solder station manufacturers in the past.  Anti Seize compound is used on hot engine parts and also on jet engines etc... 
You just apply some of the paste to the inside of the tube with a wooden stick.I also have a clean out tool that looks like a thin screwdriver and a custom made round steel rod  that fits into the tube

Solder Suckers require maintenance, unfortunately.

djc6:
Thanks for the tip on using a drill - let it cool down, I had to take the gun apart to use a drill from the back side of the heating element.  1/16th bit fit fine.

I found this method a lot safer than what I did a couple years ago which was remove a clog with the help of a soldering iron - since I wasn't having to use any force pushing the ramrod near a hot iron and hot desoldering gun.

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