[Coco] Sort of OT: Recapping

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 01 December 2020 12:15:14 edward jaquay wrote:

> They had sprayed about a gallon on the floor.

That IMO, more than qualifies them for a posthumous DARWIN AWARD. What 
were they thinking?

I've probably used 100 gallons of it in my 86 years, but I give it the 
respect it DEMANDS too.
 
> Stuff has a very low 
> flash point, considerably worse than gasoline. A few drops is actually
> no big problem. If it ignites in your hand probably just a small burn.

>  I was remarking because of that tragic incident fresh in mind.

Did anyone in the building survive?
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 16:32 Salvador Garcia via Coco
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>
> wrote:
> >  How much acetone was that? I used about a drop's worth. I am hoping
> > that if that blew, the resulting explosion would be much smaller
> > than the one that you mention :-). Salvador.
> >
> >
> >     On Monday, November 30, 2020, 09:53:33 AM CST, edward jaquay <
> > ejjaquay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Be super careful with acetone.  I know a family whose home was
> > heavily damaged when a floor company used it to set dye on the
> > basement floor. Blew the exterior doors off and the workers were
> > very badly burned. Investigators never did figure out what ignited
> > it.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 21:00 Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> 
wrote:
> > > On Sunday 29 November 2020 18:45:39 Salvador Garcia via Coco wrote:
> > > >  Update:
> > > > First, thank you all for your advice and recommendations.
> > > > I finally got all the through holes clear of solder and stuck
> > > > leads. I heated the Weller station to 850F. I noticed that at
> > > > times it spiked to 880F. Somewhere between these two
> > > > temperatures the solder melted and the solder and stuck leads
> > > > came out without any problems. I replaced the caps. I will now
> > > > get some flux remover and clean the PCB and test. Hopefully the
> > > > MB will still work :-S. I am usually confident with my work, but
> > > > I have to admit that the PCB took a lot of heat. I am hoping 0
> > > > damage. Again, thanks for your help. I will properly document
> > > > this experience. Salvador
> > >
> > > For flux removal, nothing in my looooooong experience beats plain
> > > old hardware store, paint shelf aisle, acetone and Q-tips. But
> > > don't ever reuse the Q-tip, cuz that will contaminate the acetone,
> > > ditch it in the round can under the bench and get another to wet
> > > and go after some more flux, its not like they are expensive.  Get
> > > your q-tips from the pharmacy, brand Sherwood Medical, one ended
> > > wooden sticks about 7 or 8" long, gives you a long enough handle
> > > to do it right. Somewhere around a tenner for 1000 of them in
> > > paper bags of 100, 10 bags to the carton. No ignition sources
> > > around the open can, or the waste can as its quite inflammable.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>