Hi Mike, Thanks for the info.
Yes, I've cleaned it up good... I use a q-tip with a baking soda/water combo, then wick solder on the pad till it flows... sometimes gotta scrape a shiny spot first. Then soldersuck the pad & clean up with wick. Then another qtip with lacquer thinner (contains MEK) - does great job of cleaning the flux. Nice & sparkly clean. The smell of the solder on the corroded pad reminds me of some solder I have that has a water soluble rosin. Kinda smells like fish. It's probably the audio amp, but it's not objectionable enough to make me want to change it out. It's amazing how many dead radios are coming back to life after re-capping! Of course some of the problems were traces that had disappeared! Thanks, Tim
