First time doing hot air rework
- Thread starter Banyon
- Start date
MrUnknown
New Member
- Reaction score
- 5
Do NOT keep it in one spot for a very long time and do not set the air pressure too high.
It will weaken solder on things around the area you are working on and you don't want them to move.
Heat it up gradually, don't put it on full blast half an inch from it first thing.
I set mine to around 400C, you can see the solder change looks a bit when it melts.
If it doesn't just fall out on its own, grab it with some pliers and gently move it to see if you can see the pins moving in the solder. It will be very easy to remove, so don't put a lot of force on it.
The solder jack and board is very freaking hot afterwards, do not touch. I do this work over a silicon pot holder I got at the store to protect whatever is under it.
I have before put the hot air tip right over the hole for a short while to remove the solder left in it, it just shoots out. No idea if this is even remotely recommended by anyone. lol.
It will weaken solder on things around the area you are working on and you don't want them to move.
Heat it up gradually, don't put it on full blast half an inch from it first thing.
I set mine to around 400C, you can see the solder change looks a bit when it melts.
If it doesn't just fall out on its own, grab it with some pliers and gently move it to see if you can see the pins moving in the solder. It will be very easy to remove, so don't put a lot of force on it.
The solder jack and board is very freaking hot afterwards, do not touch. I do this work over a silicon pot holder I got at the store to protect whatever is under it.
I have before put the hot air tip right over the hole for a short while to remove the solder left in it, it just shoots out. No idea if this is even remotely recommended by anyone. lol.
Yeah good advice. First tests I did, got the first component out fine, then burnt the board on the second.
Learned a lesson about airflow when I was playing with the 3rd and completely blew off a couple very small components..LOL
Also discovered the little trick of blowing the old solder out.
I'm working on a peice of one inch thick board that was ment for shelving of some sort. Its junk, so using it to protect the table top. Don't care if I burn it or get solder chips on it. Still need quite a bit of practice before I attempt on the client boards, but seems pretty nice. Honestly untill about 3 weeks ago, I didn't know such things existed. I just used a cheap soldering iron from radio shack. Haven't done soldering of any real extent in almost 12 years.
Learned a lesson about airflow when I was playing with the 3rd and completely blew off a couple very small components..LOL
Also discovered the little trick of blowing the old solder out.
I'm working on a peice of one inch thick board that was ment for shelving of some sort. Its junk, so using it to protect the table top. Don't care if I burn it or get solder chips on it. Still need quite a bit of practice before I attempt on the client boards, but seems pretty nice. Honestly untill about 3 weeks ago, I didn't know such things existed. I just used a cheap soldering iron from radio shack. Haven't done soldering of any real extent in almost 12 years.
