[Boatanchors] (de) soldering question

[J. Forster]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Could be the fresh flux in the new solder that actually does the job.
>
> One other thought occurred to me and that is that the solder wick won't remove
> any MFP varnish, and the mechanical equipment will.  Maybe that's why I tried
> it and settled on the other method.  Been too many years.

Where there is MFP, it does not hurt to scrape it a bit with the tip of a knife.
The Pace tips, being heated, will melt or destroy the varnish, permitting access
to the joint. OTOH, the MFP residues gunk up the sucker guts, so be sure to use
a couple of the Millipore type filters in the suction line.

-John