Mmmm, that great "burnt Alex" smell. ;) -Dave On 5/4/22 22:27, Alexander Jacocks wrote:
I have tried the skin on the back of my hand, and my lower arm, and my upper leg.
Both sponges and brass wool work better.
<wink> - Alex
On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 9:50 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
On 5/4/22 21:44, Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> That said, though, Hakko is a first-rate company that makes real tools >> for industry, not hobby toys, and they sell those brass coily things. >> If they didn't work well, Hakko wouldn't be selling them. > > Yup, that's why I have both kinds on my desk: because it's what the manufacturers recommend :P
:-)
> FWIW I did not use a sponge with my first iron, as a kid. I wiped it against the edge of the wood workbench top, which was made from dimensional lumber. That's apparently how my dad always did it!
I don't think I've ever done that, but I've used a wet paper towel in a pinch.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA