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#323968 11/10/14 12:39 PM
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What is the best way to clean old wire to accept solder?

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That can be difficult to do. The best way I have found is to treat the area to be soldered with something that will remove the oxidation and lightly sand it.


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I have bead blasted a wire end to accept solder and/or I use flux on the wire before soldering.

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