>> I did it, once, and spent about three hours cleaning residue from the
>> paste that just coated the pot...A Mess. Also,...a stink. We don't do
>> it anymore.
>> Jack
Jack,
Thanks for your input and everyone else's too! I love it! Ain't the
information age cool? Got a question, tho' it out there and ya' gots da' answer!
Most everybody says they've done it (now and in the past), and it's split
about 50/50 if they still are doing it now.
But Jacks comment kinda' got me thinking...ya' see I'm a pretty lazy sort
when it comes cleaning solder pots, and if I can do anything to keep from having
to pull all the wave formers and crap outta' the pot having to clean it so
often, then that's what I'm gonna' do.
Then a little light-bulb clicked on, instead of making a mess in a big
machine, make yer' mess in a little one.
So what I did (I just tried it a bit ago), get yourself one of them little
static solder pots and melt everything down in that! Simple! But you DO NEED
SOME GOOD VENTILATION! (Cough!Cough!Gasp!Gasp!)
I did it over by our "Air-Vac" unit 'cause it's got a big hood exhaust over
the area and it sucked everything right out...some of the people in wave solder
wuz' wondering what in the heck I wuz' cooking though, thar' wuz' some kinda'
smoke spewing!
Lot of flux residues come to the top and ya' might have ta' ladle some of it
out as you add more paste into the pot...what I want to know is how come so much
flux residues come off when the paste is supposed to be 91% metals? Now I know
why Jack said he had ta' spend about 3-hours cleaning his pot out, thank-you
Jack! Your comment got me thinking about the small static pot.
After it's molten, I just ladled the solder into some molds and I got some
pretty good looking ingots ta' tho' into the pot! Aren't I the resourceful one?
Again thanks everyone!
P.S.
Seeing how it's Friday, here's a good joke I just heard that had me rolling:
President Clinton had flown back to Arkansas to whoop it up with his buddys
recently one weekend in celebration of getting re-elected.
He returned to D.C. and the presidential helicopter touched on the White House
lawn.
As normal, there was a Marine guard standing at attention the door of the
helicopter as President Clinton was getting ready to get out.
Bill comes walking out with a pig under each arm.
He steps off and says to the Marine; "Good morning sarge, how are you?"
Sarge replies; "Fine sir, nice looking pigs sir."
Bill replies; "Sarge, these aren't pigs, these are two of the finest Arkansas
razorbacks you'll ever see, and I got one for Hillary, and one for Chelsea."
The Marine replies; "Good trade sir!"
On that note, have a great weekend!
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