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G6Tanuki · 10th Apr 2021, 6:12 pm

I think that the 'flux' used on desolder-braid has likely been reworked in the last couple of decades in order to comply with the recent slew of RoHS/REACH directives etc.

Certainly I've not been able to find any off-the-shelf desolder braid that works anywhere near as well as I remember the "Bib" branded stuff did in the 1970s.

10th Apr 2021, 6:12 pm	#6
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,995	Re: Cheap Desoldering Wick I think that the 'flux' used on desolder-braid has likely been reworked in the last couple of decades in order to comply with the recent slew of RoHS/REACH directives etc. Certainly I've not been able to find any off-the-shelf desolder braid that works anywhere near as well as I remember the "Bib" branded stuff did in the 1970s.