Desoldering Wick

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Brand: Elenco
EAN: 0756619005102
Manufacturer: Elenco Electronics Inc.

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Solder Removal Braid Removes Solder From All Types of Connections
5ft. Roll in Handy Dispenser

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Summary: This is junk - doesn't wick solder and is 2mm
Comment: This is a 2mm solder wick that does not do a proper job of wicking solder. Important info: this is 2mm wide, not the standard 4mm or 6mm that you are probably used to. 2mm is about the same size that a standard stick of gum is thick (not length or width but thickness). Not big enough to help unless you are in small, confined spaces.

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Summary: Beware - $9.00 to ship!
Comment: I've used many desoldering wicks before, and I'm sure this is just fine. Just beware - the non-amazon seller is charging $9.00 (!!!!) to ship this product. You'll end up spending ten dollars for a spool of wick.

Caveat emptor.

Regards,
Will
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Summary: Nine Dollar Shipping and Handling!
Comment: Do not know how this happened but I ended up being charged nine dollars shipping and handling on a $.99 item. The shipping package said shipping was $2.40. Very disappointed with both Amazon and this company!
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Summary: Works good alone... Great with Flux
Comment: I bought this to work on a project that required removing colored LEDs from a circuit board so I can install white LEDs... so I was removing about 150 connections.

It worked OK at first... it would suck up the old solder but took some poking and prodding to get a good contact. Also, you need a hot iron so you can heat both the solder and the wick (perhaps that was the problem the other guy had??? Don't try this with a cheap iron that doesn't get hot... it should be able to very quickly melt the solder)

But then I had a brainstorm... I grabbed some of my flux (the "stuff" you put on before you solder copper pipes together... look in the plumbing section of any hardware) and lightly coated the end of the wick with the flux. This makes it work 30 times better! The flux draws the solder into the wick so fast that its amazing.

Just be careful not to get too much flux on the wick, as it will get all over what you are desoldering as it gets hot.

As you are using it... once the end gets thoroughly coated with old solder just cut off that part and then touch it to the flux and then keep going.

(you might not realize it, but your solder most likely contains a flux core... thats why you don't need it to put down the new solder... but its not there for the old solder so you have to add it to the wick)
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Summary: More Chinese crap......
Comment: ....on a roll is what you get. The product fails to do what it's called, wick solder from a previously soldered joint. When are retailers going to quit offering buyers the only choice of buying the crap produced by a third world communist country? I would've *gladly* paid more money to get a quality product, made here in the USA that actually did what it was supposed to ...instead of wasting my money.

Stay away from this junk......

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