I actually tried this having watched years of ben heck vids. The new
solder beads rolled right off the old solder - almost bridging with
another joint. Blew me away.
On 2/15/23 05:23, Royce Taft wrote:
I’m not sure if you’ve tried this or not, but I figured I’d mention it anyway.
Try adding some new solder to the old solder to get it to melt, then extract
the component leads and use your desoldering methods to clean up the pads.
To do this, I keep my soldering iron tip against the old solder and press some
new solder against the tip. The molten new solder with its flux always seems to
get the old stuff flowing again.
Best of luck,
Royce
