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No-Clean Desoldering Braid

Sku Number	Name	Size
1820-5F	No-Clean White #1 Braid - 5' AS	5ft (1.5M) long
1820-10F	No-Clean White #1 Braid - 10' AS	10ft (3M) long
1821-5F	No-Clean Yellow #2 Braid - 5' AS	5ft (1.5M) long
1821-10F	No-Clean Yellow #2 Braid - 10' AS	10ft (3M) long
1821-50F	No-Clean Yellow #2 Braid - 50' AS	50ft (15.2M) long
1822-5F	No-Clean Green #3 Braid - 5' AS	5ft (1.5M) long
1822-10F	No-Clean Green #3 Braid - 10' AS	10ft (3M) long
1822-100F	No-Clean Green #3 Braid - 100' AS	100ft (30.5M) long
1823-5F	No-Clean Blue #4 Braid - 5' AS	5ft (1.5M) long
1823-10F	No-Clean Blue #4 Braid - 10' AS	10ft (3M) long
1823-25F	No-Clean Blue #4 Braid - 25' AS	25ft (7.6M) long
1823-100F	No-Clean Blue #4 Braid - 100' AS	100ft (30.5M) long
1824-5F	No-Clean Brown #5 Braid - 5' AS	5ft (1.5M) long

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Techspray NoClean desoldering braid (wick) does not leave behind ionic flux residues that can collect and form branches called “dendrites”. Other fluxes, if not cleaned properly, can cause dendrites that grow over time and eventually cause short circuits between traces or leads. Latent failures lead to costly returns and lower the quality perception of your products.

Desoldering braid or desoldering wick is a pre-fluxed copper braid that is used to remove solder, which allows components to be replaced and excess solder (e.g. bridging) to be removed. The soldering iron is applied to the wick as it sits on the solder joint, and when both are brought up to the solder's melting point, the flux is activated and, through capillary action from the braided design, solder is drawn up the wick. Techspray wick has been a mainstay at PCB rework, repair and prototyping stations for over 30-years.

Available in anti-static spools (marked with "AS") to prevent static build-up from damaging sensitive components.

Specifications: Meets or Exceeds MIL-F-14256, NASA NHB 5300, 4 (34-1), NASA NPC 200-4, NASA SP5002, IPC Standard-J-STD-004
Call-outs: Celestica (1821) 8690-0576, Celestica (1822) 8690-0588, Celestica (1823) 8690-0577, HP (1821) 8690-0588, HP (1823) HP 8690-0577

Size chart:

Braid #	Color Code	Width (in)	Width (mm)
#1	White	0.035	0.9
#2	Yellow	0.055	1.4
#3	Green	0.075	1.9
#4	Blue	0.098	2.5
#5	Brown	0.130	3.3
#6	Red	0.193	4.9

Features & Benefits

No-clean flux coated braid
Cleanest wick - clear, non-reactive residues
Will not leave ionic residue -- avoid dendrite failure
Exceeds MIL-F-14256

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