> On Jul 5, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On 07/05/2017 01:42 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
>> I bought some ChipQuik recently and managed to successfully remove a 74LS125
>> with little trouble. Today I have come to trying to desolder another similar
>> sized chip, but try as I might I just cannot get it to work. The ChipQuik
>> just balls up and won't "take" to the pins. I applied plenty of the flux
>> supplied with the ChipQuik, but I wonder if I applied too much?
>
> Will the pins take "regular" solder? I wonder if there might not be
> some coating on them...
Real solder works just fine. I've assembled boards that were made to lead-free
standards, using lead-free parts -- since that's all you can get now. On the
advice of a board rework technician I used real solder. Her comment amounted
to that real solder always works better, and that lead-free solder is something
you put up with if you have to.
paul
