Originally posted by Fierology: I ran into problems when trying to solder corroded connections. I came across this website when terracing what to do, and I thought I would share it with the forum. Looks like a good and simple method of cleaning old wiring connections for repairs.
Thanks for the link. i am doing some soldering and i got very frustrated attempting to solder old wires. Can't wait to give it a try.
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[This message has been edited by longjonsilver (edited 03-23-2020).]
phonedawgz
MAR 24, 09:16 PM
Way too much work. First strip the wire and then fan out the strands. Take a reasonably sharp knife and "shave" off the corrosion. With stranded wire it comes right off. Then flip the wire and shave off the other side. Depending on how bad the wires are corroded you might need to reform the strands together and then fan them out 90 deg from the last shave and do it again. Your rosin core solder will stick like it's bare copper because it is bare copper.
