Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:59:56 -0400
The most painless way is dunk it in Tarn-X tarnish remover (available at many grocery stores): http://www.jelmar.com/TarnXbasic.htm Rinse very well and dry thoroughly. An eraser also works, as do oth
I run into this all the time because some of my tinned boards sit around a while before they're populated. Rub a piece of 1500 to 2000 grit paper across them and the solder will jump on 'em. Phil C.
A Scotchguard (tm) pad is a good way to polish a dirty board. If the board has coatings over the areas NOT to be soldered, then you may have to cut a pad up into smaller pieces to polish small areas
Oops, earlier I said Scotchguard pad when I meant ScotchBRITE pad for board polishing! Sorry about that! Those Scots just have too many products, ;-) Stuart K5KVH ____________________________________
Also, use a white ScotchBrite pad as they do a better job of polishing. Green ones are a bit too coarse in my opinion. 73 Bob, K4TAX _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing lis
Yeah... I only use the green ones on my cooking pans -very too abrasive for this sort of thing. As for the age of the kit board... sheesh... who knows how long TT had it on the shelf before sending i
I use an SOS pad. It is a VERY fine steel wool and has soap in it. A good rinse with warm water afterwards cleans any dirt and residue etc. The copper is very shiny and soldering is a pleasure. The p
Good point, although if a board is really badly oxidized, you may need the greater "tooth" of the green pad. White pads for light oxidation, if swabbing the board does not work. For non masked boards
What kit model had a blurred manual? Their kit manuals of the last 15 years are spiral bound, nicely printed with very thorough check off steps, and helpful reference information about components inc
Stuart, The kit in question is the 1254 Digital Readout Superhet Receiver Kit. My manual (RX purchased used but I think it's the original manual) is not bound and looks like it was copied, or scanned
Model 1254 receiver kit. My manual is made on a copier, with several pages of corrections on separate sheets, and the printing is blurred, and often the text is crooked on the page. Not at all the qu