I have a few types of wick here.  Some older stuff is useless, not because of 
it's age I'm sure, but because of it's flux content.  I actually never 
understood how anyone could actually use this until I got some proper wick.  
Now I use, and love, Tech Spray Pro Wick.  I use size #2, part # 1809-10F 
from Mouser.  As a usage example, to clear out a hole in a PCB from which I 
just removed some component lead, I add a bit of fresh solder to the hole, 
place the wick flat over the hole, then place the iron on that and wait about 
2 seconds.  I can see the solder get soaked up on the wick and the open up 
the hole again.  Neato burrito!



On Thursday 14 June 2007 03:47, Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote:
> Which reminds me that I've had a roll of solder wick for, like, 10
> years or so, but never ever managed to get it to work so I've always
> resorted to using the solder suction instead.
>
> I'm sure I've applied the wick wrong. The times I tried it I put the
> wick atop of the solder-pad (or whatever) to be removed, then the
> solder iron atop of the wick, heating the wick and the solder up. The
> solder melt, but the wick never "ate" the solder.
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