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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3720670, member: 46237"]I'd use a wick instead of a solder sucker for this type of cleanup. A wick is going to do a better job of getting smaller pockets of solder that a sucker wouldn't be able to (unless perhaps you have a vacuum powered one). If you just want to reveal the mint mark, then you can probably use a solder sucker to clear that area enough to see it. Just heat the solder directly with a soldering iron, and when it liquifies, use the sucker on it over that area. If you're going to clean it up further with a wick, you heat the wick, not the solder, and touch the wick to the areas you want to pull solder off of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3720670, member: 46237"]I'd use a wick instead of a solder sucker for this type of cleanup. A wick is going to do a better job of getting smaller pockets of solder that a sucker wouldn't be able to (unless perhaps you have a vacuum powered one). If you just want to reveal the mint mark, then you can probably use a solder sucker to clear that area enough to see it. Just heat the solder directly with a soldering iron, and when it liquifies, use the sucker on it over that area. If you're going to clean it up further with a wick, you heat the wick, not the solder, and touch the wick to the areas you want to pull solder off of.[/QUOTE]
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