On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 00:46:56 -0800, you wrote:
>Working on repairing a choped wiring harness. Striped off the insulation
>on a couple of the wires and they are brown with oxidation. No way in hell
>I can get the solder to do anything other than roll off and land on my leg
>(possibly burning through my pants on the way :)
>
>Anyone have a trick to clean this stuff off well enough to solder?
I haven't tried this trick myself (yet), but I've been told that a
tarnish remover like "Twinkle" or "Tarn-X For Copper" can give surprisingly
good results...
...although if the wire is that bad off, you might want to consider
replacing it entirely.
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Received on Fri Feb 9 18:51:23 2001
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