Get some Flux, it will eat the corrosion and allow the solder to bond. It's
a paste when you heat up the area with soldering iron it will clean the
connection.
Chad Cooper
'72 B Roadster
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From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Rick Lindsay
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 6:42 AM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: [Mgs] soldering corroded copper
Hello Friends,
Generic question for the metallurgy gifted: What chemical do you recommend
for cleaning away copper corrosion so I can solder electrical connections?
Background: My '69 Silver Shadow was a techno-marvel for its day. The
entire fuse, relay and circuit breaker panel is a tough, thick, glass fiber
printed circuit board. The connectors and fuse holders are clamped to the
board/lands
with copper rivets. Today, 43 years later, the copper of the lands, fuse
holders and rivets has a nice non-conductive patina causing intermittent
open circuits. I want to solder all the crimped bits together but need to
remove the oxide first. Thus the question.
Yes, the topic car is OT but the issue of corroded electrical connections
plagues us all. Ergo, I query the collective wizardry of the forum.
Thanks and best regards,
-rick
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