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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Using ChipQuik to Desolder Surface Mount Components

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  • Can this be used for chip reballing?

  • okey dokey

  • i dig the production values on all your videos :)

  • Can this be used on EPROMS that are soldered through holes in a board?

  • Is there a way to do this

  • while preserving the pins of the removed IC?

  • I'm trying to salvage an old graphics chip from a laptop motherboard,

  • and want to reuse it in another project.

  • @clone4crwproductions This is exactly what this product excels at.

  • One technique is to hold the still-hot IC with tweezers and tap the tweezers on a table to shake off the remaining solder. This works because the chipquik keeps it molten so long. You can also use a bit of solder wick to get any remaining solder.

  • Too bad in my third world country do not sell these cool things.

  • @kjcngiopfadgiopzdfng We ship internationally for very affordable rates. CuriousInventor / store

  • holy crap, I have to have that

  • I guess the alloy is Rose's metal.

    Wood's metal would have a lower melting point, but contains cadmium.

  • Wow and WOW!

    I'M SO GLAD I CAME ACROSS THIS!!

    Thank you.

  • wow...that´s great because i know how to delete the chip..

  • I used to use the same method with regular solder. You have to be quick, and careful not to damage the IC. It's also tedious to remove the solder from the IC itself later.

  • Thank You for showing us the technique.....I think I'll try it....:)

  • sei un genio complimenti.....

  • This product has many of the properties of Gallium, And the price also reflects, They seem to guard the ingredients closely, Does any one have a MSDS for ChipQuik? I use it at work for removing 80 pin heeaders and through hole CPU sockets. It Saves us the Cost of a new PC board!

  • mercury makes the tin very weak, if you wet pins with it, it go slimsy as a cake, then youll can clean pcb and ic with dry brush, but mercury is toxic too :-(

  • The main component that produces a low melting point is bismuth, actually. A lead-free version is available.

  • probably contains ALOT of lead

  • blow the air away :P

  • THANKS!

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