You people and your magical soldering prowess!

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:37 pm

I split the controller board in two, but now is where the haste is. I have the wire, and everytime I solder on that trace, it just falls off. I did for 30 minutes and it just keeps falling off. It does not stick....period. Except for magical moments when it DOES stick where two minutes later, they fall. Any help....thanks.

Post by **marshallh** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:47 pm

You gotta scrape more off of the trace. Once you go deep enough it will stick. Use flux also.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:52 pm

damn marshall beat me to it yeah if you dont have flucx you know what to do
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and make sure to put hot glue over the wires after they are soldered on

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:54 pm

I scraped, and saw some white 'scratch marks' from there I was really, really, really scared. Is that normal, or a sign that you must scrape MORE!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:56 pm

scrape until you can clearly see the trace turn copper

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:07 pm

So just scratch like hell?

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:16 pm

Green = Bad.
Scratched up Green = Getting there.
Copper-color = Damned good.

What're you using to scrape the green of? Pins work good.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:20 pm

demonofaj wrote:So just scratch like hell?

scratch until you see a shiny metal
if yoiu scratch "like hell" then you may scrape the whole trace of thats what i did and its no big deal you just have to scratch a different part of the trace youwill iknow when you have scratched enough though

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:21 pm

@soundwave: Knife.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:07 pm

Wait I'm using a regular small knife, not exacto, any problems there.

Post by **Triton** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:53 pm

not really no

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:55 am

Use sandpaper.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:52 am

OK, I got copper, but the damn solder just won't stick, even with copper

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:14 pm

Flux?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:16 pm

Heat it up more.