eh là bas ma
Well-known member
An esteemed comrade forumite from diystompboxes often have some very dirty boards to troubleshoot.
I just realized he was using "fluids" to help the soldering process. Once his work is done, the pcb looks covered with flux residues. Even after cleaning with isopropyl alcohol, there are still some remains. Looks like he's also struggling to clean the fluid on the board with Q-tips...
Some friends told me it was even more unhealthy to solder things with flux. Like the fumes are even more dangerous ?
I always thought most pcb had already received some chemical treatment, some sort of dried flux on the pcb, so that the solder goes more easily on the pads ?
I can understand that flux can be useful in some applications, but is it really useful when building guitar circuits, with PedalPCB boards, for example ?
Every comments and observations are welcome !
I just realized he was using "fluids" to help the soldering process. Once his work is done, the pcb looks covered with flux residues. Even after cleaning with isopropyl alcohol, there are still some remains. Looks like he's also struggling to clean the fluid on the board with Q-tips...
Some friends told me it was even more unhealthy to solder things with flux. Like the fumes are even more dangerous ?
I always thought most pcb had already received some chemical treatment, some sort of dried flux on the pcb, so that the solder goes more easily on the pads ?
I can understand that flux can be useful in some applications, but is it really useful when building guitar circuits, with PedalPCB boards, for example ?
Every comments and observations are welcome !
Last edited: