How To Clean Flux After Soldering

The before is to be sure the pads are clean of any oils or films.

How to clean flux after soldering. After soldering clean your piece with patina and flux remover. However in practice I flux between the joint before assembly and then apply a thin film of flux to each side of the joint just before final soldering. You can also use IPA or a custom flux cleaning solvent available online.

Then a banister brush is used to brush off contaminants at solder connection in ethanol solution. You can find the instruction for working with multiple sided projects on my Lampshade tutorial. After soldering a joint let it cool for a few seconds.

To clean flux after soldering you can wash each panel as you finish it in warm soapy water. If you choose to use a brush do it only on the solder. In November we dealt with removing a particularly tricky oxide called fire scale.

Acetone solution is used to soak PCB boards for about 10 minutes. Do the same process for bottom side. Flux residues should be removed as soon as possible after the soldering.

Dry the piece with a paper towel. If there is a significant amount of flux left on the piece or dirty solder consider using a soft brush to help with scrubbing. Use brush to brush the solder joint and solder flux on the soldered PCB.

The preference is 150º de-ionized water however if youre doing hobby work at home regular hot water will be fine. Click to expand. Step 2- Using a brush apply flux with solder to both pieces of the terminal that need to be connected.