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Old 10th Apr 2021, 9:07 am   #1
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Default Cheap Desoldering Wick

Hi all,

At work we use a considerable amount of desolder wick and now the price is £10+ a reel for the type we use. I had a stock of very cheap Duratool wick but out of the packet it was next to useless, hardly taking any solder at all.

As an experiment I ordered a 100g tin of rosin and crushed and mixed it with some isopropyl alcohol and then soaked the wick in it for half an hour then let it air dry. Results are promising, not quite as good as the expensive one but I’d say it’s about 90% there. Has made a box of useless wick useable at least!

HTH

Kev
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