In my part of the world I would take them to a local ammunition loader=20
and have him tumble them like used brass casings. probably over night in=20
a crushed walnut shell medium. Very gentle very clean.

On 3/3/2019 1:52 AM, Manu Abraham wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have this large bag of through-hole standard crystals, which have
> their pins oxidized, since the bag was left open for a while and thus
> solderability is a big issue.
>
> The crystals are good, just that time has to be spent scraping the
> oxide of the pins which is a waste of time.
>
> Is there a better way to remove the oxide layer other than scraping,
> probably by a chemical process or so ?
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
> Thanks,
> Manu

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