MG Chemicals 0.1" x 5' Blue No Clean Super Wick Desoldering Braid (426-NS #4)

Randy W.: This is the best desoldering wick to buy!
I know, I've been soldering for 58 years and use this stuff to get to job done!

United States on May 30, 2022

Daniele Raggi: Dopo aver provato con insuccesso diversi prodotti finalmente dopo un consiglio di un video YouTube ho provato questa treccina. Un altro pianeta, anche con un saldatore non professionale come il mio si ottengono risultati ottimi, costa sicuramente più di quelle senza marca ma con questa riuscirete a togliere lo stagno senza problemi. Mi sono trovato bene sia con MgChemicals che con Chemtronics, se trovate treccine di queste due marche siete al sicuro!

Italy on Oct 07, 2021

Alexandre: Fait le job

France on Sep 09, 2021

ND: worked as advertised, no problems

United States on Mar 19, 2021

AjaxAjax: Solder wick, does what it's supposed to: sucks up solder really well, just snip off the used portion when done.

United States on Mar 10, 2021

David: petite tresse a dessouder qui fait le job

France on Jan 18, 2021

Grosjean: Parfait pour son usage, peut-être un peu étroit et une longuer un peu juste.

France on Aug 11, 2020

Big Sad: Great wick that works exactly as I would expect it to. If you're having trouble, here are are some tips:

1. Make sure you are applying the iron to the wick, not the item to be soldered. Use the iron to depress the wick on to the workpiece.

2. This wick is pre-treated, but you can apply a light coat of flux to the wick if yours is old or otherwise dried out.

3. This is an especially tight braid. I find it helpful to splay the ends of the wick a bit just to loosen it up. This seems to get the capillary action going quicker.

4. If the solder isn't coming off as clean as you would like, you can try applying more solder, which will give the solder more momentum and might be the extra push you need.

5. You might want to wear an agile glove, like  Mechanix , since the wick gets very hot within several inches of the tip. Otherwise you have to hold the wick further from the tip, or else by the spool or with a tool, which might not give you the control you need for delicate work.

United States on Jan 12, 2016

Keirsten Hickey: This is a pretty decent desoldering wick. It works well for my purposes. I have purchased wicks before and had nothing but trouble trying to get them to work. One thing to remember with this one is that you need to pull out quite a bit of wick unless you want the plastic reel to start melting! Mine has a few scars already.
Overall, I am very satisfied with this product.

Canada on Aug 13, 2015

DrewOJensen: I must preface this with this is my first time buying braid. I have only used braid once before this purchase which was to desolder only 2 components. So with that said lets get to the review!

MG Chemical first got my attention from many positive reviews of their products. (Note: I purchased MG Chem 8341 Flux Paste with this order also). The reviews I read on misc. forums helped me decide to at least try this product out, more so try the MG Chem out and see if their stuff lived up to the hype. Needless to say, so far I’m impressed and might be a lifetime customer for braid and flux.

From my understanding this is called “Super Wick” due to the fine braid. This was a concern that was brought up in misc. electronics forums but to my experience, I have to said that it helps it that much more heating up. I deal mostly with SMD so the least amount of time needed to desolder, the better. The other concern that I had was the width. With it only being .1” I knew it was going to be on the thinner side, but again, dealing with SMD this works very very well.

So now to the “dislike”. I don’t have much against this other than because of the fine braid, you...

United States on Jan 20, 2014