[vcf-midatlantic] VCF East Clinic kudos (soldering iron cleaning brass)

[Dave McGuire]

   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 at lists.vcfed.org 
> <mailto:vcf-midatlantic at 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