the_sam•3d agoMost Upvoted

Shoutout to the guy who convinced me to ditch compressed air for ultrasonic cleaning

I used to blast every board with compressed air to clean off flux and dust, thinking it was fast and good enough. Then a repair shop owner in Portland told me I was just pushing contaminants deeper into sockets and under ICs. Bought a generic 2L ultrasonic cleaner for $80 last month and ran a few boards through it and the difference is night and day. Anyone else made the switch and noticed fewer intermittent issues afterward?

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val_wilson3d ago

Musical dirt is the perfect way to put it, mines probably got a whole band under there now lol.

kaiharris3d ago

Ngl, I thought compressed air was the holy grail until I realized I was basically just playing musical dirt under my chips.