PCB & soldering

[Blackehart]

Hark!

What do you consider a safe amount of times for soldering a pcb?
Are certain pcbs more resilient than others? Like say a trik vs a kmac or gon pcb.
If a pcb reaches the point where wires are introduced, is it worth trying to change switches and leds?

Thanks for your input and time.

big booties forever. ^_^

[plegnic]

One time is enough to damage a PCB if you use too much heat or hold the iron to the board for too long. If you're not applying too much heat, you won't cause much damage at all each time and can probably go half a dozen times or more. PCB resilience will depend on materials and how it is manufactured. Most of the premium services should have pretty good boards so that shouldn't be a deciding factor in my opinion.

Not really sure what you mean by the last bit. EDIT: do you mean if the board has already had to be repaired with wire jumpers because some traces are damaged?

Tiny booties 

[Blackehart]

Not really sure what you mean by the last bit. EDIT: do you mean if the board has already had to be repaired with wire jumpers because some traces are damaged?

Tiny booties 

Yes. I'm not sure if that means that the pcb is on it's last leg or some such.

also, tiny booties are good...if plump

[plegnic]

Not really sure what you mean by the last bit. EDIT: do you mean if the board has already had to be repaired with wire jumpers because some traces are damaged?

Tiny booties 

Yes. I'm not sure if that means that the pcb is on it's last leg or some such.

also, tiny booties are good...if plump

If it is only like that in 1 or 2 spots I'd probably just go ahead and do it but expect that there might be a few other spots that need to be repaired by the time you're done. If it's got a ton of repairs already, you're probably better off just leaving it alone.

[Dreamre]

What PCB are you working with? Be very careful with a KMAC PBC, but a GON PCB is very resilient.

[Signature]

What PCB are you working with? Be very careful with a KMAC PBC, but a GON PCB is very resilient.

Trik PCBs + OTD PCBs are pretty fragile aswell!

[HPE1000]

What PCB are you working with? Be very careful with a KMAC PBC, but a GON PCB is very resilient.

Trik PCBs + OTD PCBs are pretty fragile aswell!

OTD pcbs are really garbage imo lol....

Felt like I was soldering on a piece of glass or something ;_; (Chipped it in some places from desoldering, I dont think spring loaded desoldering pumps are the best thing to use with those pcbs)

[Evo_Spec]

I only had to desolder like one switch on my GON PCB but it didn't affect it at all and I'd say it's quite resilient.

[henz]

My experince with GON's nerd and A87 pcbs are quite good. Im not a soldering expert, even i managed to keep the pcbs together and i soldered everything except the controllers.

My only tip is to practice.