Re: Cool Idea

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• Subject: Re: Cool Idea
• From: Luc <ludev-at-videotron.ca> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 18:29:51 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: gweaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> For 30 years I have used a soldering gun and the tip always get covered with
> black stuff that needs to be wiped off with a rag or brushed off with a wire
> brush.  After soldering for a while the solder that clings to the soldering
> gun tip gets dark looking and it won't stick to anything.  The tip can be
> cleaned and retinned by melting several inches of solder on the tip.  This
> wastes solder and makes a mess.
>
> I had an idea and decided to see what would happen.  I have a container of
> rosin that I bought at the plumbing store.  I stuck the hot top of the
> soldering gun into the rosin and pulled it back out.  "WOW, I like that."
> The rosin melted and washed away all the black stuff on the tip and the tip
> lookes like new again. It took only 1 second to dip the tip in the rosin and
> clean it.  It looks like it was retinned with new solder too.
>
> The plumbing rosin comes in a metal container 2.5" diameter 3/4" tall with a
> metal snap on top.  Rosin looks like grease.  It costs about $2.00.  Now I
> leave the rosin on top of the work bench all the time. Today while working
> on another TC project I dipped the soldering gun tip in the rosin to clean
> it and thats when I thought about the TC list.  I thought maybe everyone on
> the TC list would be interested in this.  Try it.....it works great.
>
> Gary Weaver
>

I'm not sure but i tink the stuff you by at the plumbing store is not rosin
but acid and circuit dont like that stuff.Wipe your tip good after this
treatment.

Luc Benard

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