Steve, On the fingers that are heavily contaminated with solder, try using a wicking wire and remove as much of the solder as you can before using the electric eraser. One particular eraser refill (gray) that you can purchase looks like it would be used in erasing ball point pen ink. This is an aggressive eraser, so you would have to be careful not to remove all of the nickel. Ron If you need any additional information, you can contact me at: [log in to unmask] ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################