euphoria
Professional
hi : twistedSolder wont stick to corrosion and if the board is too far gone that could be your issue. There's a definitely a trick to it. I had similar issues the first one I tried but I've recapped 8 or 10 of these boards now and got it down to a pretty easy work flow.
Start by removing ALL of the caps, even if they look ok next you want to completely cover the effected area with Flux. Specifically an SMD cleaning flux. I used RMA-223 or NC-559-ASM per the recommendation of some others here on the forum. put the flux down and heat it up, be sure to touch the pads with the iron so that they're heated. the flux will bond and lift out the corrosive elements. you'll know it's working if the flux darkens and starts to look like molasses. Clean up the flux and solder with solder wick, then you go over it with IPA to flush away the remaining dirty flux.
Repeat this process until the flux remains clear when heated, then you'll know you got all of the garbage out of it.
you can see this technique in action here (along with some much more advanced techniques)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx50YtEC2S8
Oh a private video? hmmm!
regards
euphoria
