If we are using the mild acid flux which is usually for soldering the copper pipe, it will kill the keyboard switch, pcb trace, solder joins ... sooner or later. Fortunately, today there are many high quality flux which is non-corrosive and non-acidic, like this one :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230916005386This one is cheaper but required cleaning
www.ebay.com/itm/331041552716I've used Goot wick but I use Hakko wick recently for no reason. It felt like flux of Hakko wick works slightly better but not sure. I didn't have any problem with Goot wick, though.
Sure, it depends on how we use and like it.
There is no obvious evidence to back up one is better than the other.
I tried this Chemtronics before, it is also very good :
ALL freaking pins were bent by people whom I’ll call the Filco Fookers. WTF they went to the extra trouble of bending every single pin, I’ll never know.
BUT special thanks to Phoenix1234 for introducing me to the correct tool. Now I have a name to google and use. Soldering PICK? OK, great! How come you are from Vietnam and know all these English terms and I don’t? I’m gonna get that for the next time because I have other keyboards with bent pins, tytytttyytyty! (BTW don’t tell me you also get these at Sim Lim Tower?)
I'm glad that you like it
I can order the solder assist in Vietnam but of course you can get it from Sim Lim Tower, there are many things there
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PS: if you want to blame about the bent pin, you should blame the
Datacomp I can see that 2 keyboards manufactured by
Datacomp have that kind of ridiculous bent : SteelSeries 7G & Filco Minila (maybe more) but it seems
Datacomp is the one with that infamous bent pin