How To Clean Flux After Soldering

It is made of mild detergent many people call it surfactant alcohol and thinner material mixture.

How to clean flux after soldering. There are also several brands of chemical cleaners specifically designed to clean flux goop. When you heat up your work for soldering and reach the temperature at which solder flows you are also creating oxides on the surface of your metal that mar its appearance. You can find the instruction for working with multiple sided projects on my Lampshade tutorial.

Keep board clean and tidy to make sure no impurities and finger marks. Heres how to clean as you solder. Most Solders use a Rosin type flux.

Wipe with a clean dust-free cloth to clean the assembled PCB. Most of the acid core solder I have is not for potable water because it contains lead and acid. While this may be adequate for no-clean flux where the goal is a visually clean PCB this may not be clean enough when more heavily activated fluxes are involved like RA or aqueous.

To clean flux after soldering you can wash each panel as you finish it in warm soapy water. Then a banister brush is used to brush off contaminants at solder connection in ethanol solution. It is a simple plastic cleaning and paintbrush.

After applying the remover leave it for few seconds and then brush it away. They come in aerosol cans like hair spray or shaving cream. Usually no-clean flux cleans up nicely with isopropyl alcohol or distilled water.

Check with the manufacturer for recommended solvents. Next use some low heat and gently swab the joint with the alcohol. Grab a small capful of isopropyl alcohol and some q-tips.