Red Erasors

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Mon Mar 13 02:31:02 2000

Technoid_at_cheta.net wrote:
>
> You know as well as I do what hell some of these machines lived in an how
> robust they really are. A red erasor is not going to do anything negative
> to a 'finger' on a board. I have my 130xe for 15 years and have used an
> erasor at least 30 times on various boards. No impact other than to solve
> spurious flaky problems. The reason why I like the red ones is for thier
> mild abrasive quality. The softer ones don't take off the oxide.

Gosh, I didn't realize gold oxidized :). Second, while I also use erasors to
clean gold fingers, I would fully expect any abrasive material to remove
some of the gold. How much? Darned if I know.
Received on Mon Mar 13 2000 - 02:31:02 GMT