[volt-nuts] Best cleaning procedure for precision cirquits

[Eric Garner]

Is there a compelling reason not to use canned de-fluxer? I use

http://www.techspray.com/newinfo/1621.pdf

and it seems to leave my boards very nice looking after soldering.
before soldering I give them a quick wipe with isopropyl alcohol to
degrease.

-Eric

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
> I don't like denatured alcohol.  They add a little methyl
> alcohol, which is very poisonous for skin contact, ingestion,
> and breathing.  Also, it is rather corrosive.... and worst of
> all, it leaves behind a white powder when it dries.
>
> If you really want to use ethanol (the base for denatured alcohol),
> buy it from the liquor store.
>
> Aerosol cans of "compressed air" are really filled with anything
> but air.  They used to be filled with freon, and then later butane,
> NO2, and finally CO2.
>
> -Chuck Harris
>
> Andreas Jahn wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> thanks for the many informations and proposals.
>>
>>> From Your proposals I think the most interesting for my capabilites are:
>>
>> - the isopropylene alcohol
>> - and the "Kontakt LR" cleaner
>>
>> both for the last (3rd?) cleaning stage since the denatured alcohol is
>> much cheaper.
>>
>> And I have learned that I should get some aerosol cans with compressed
>> air for drying the cirquit.
>>
>> with best regards
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>>
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