How To Repair Damaged / Broken PCB Traces - 2 Great Methods
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2022
- How to repair damaged / broken PCB traces is a clear soldering tutorial showing 2 great , different methods of trace repair.
Using 0.2mm Enamelled copper wire + Kynar wire , learn how you can rescue your boards from trace problems.
See the methods in full use and learn for yourself how it's done with a series of short videos on every process.
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Thank you for your time and good luck with all your soldering projects. Mr Solderfix 👍
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This was a very wonderful demonstration. You may be the politest UA-camr I have ever watched. I smiled when and laughed when you said, "Please bare with me.".
Hi , thank you for watching the video and commenting , much appreciated . Hopefully my channel can help a few people out with their soldering / desoldering issues . Thanks again , take care 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 You're welcome! You take care as well.
Thank you 👍
You sir have best soldering tutorial on YT!
Hi , thank you for your kind words , very much appreciated. All I wanted to do was help a few people with their soldering / desoldering issues , if I can then I'm happy . I will always post more when I get some spare time . Thanks again , take care 👍
One of the best teaching channels on YT
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Amazing craftsmanship in this tutorial. It goes to show that the more skilled you get, the higher it raises the bar for when you consider a component "blown" beyond repair. This will be useful for some amps and audio gear from the 70s and 80s where those silver traces just lift so easily. Far from an easy fix, but some vintage stuff is worth restoring.
Hi , thank you for your comment, very much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video . Lots of old stuff is worth repairing , too many old electrical items are needlessly discarded , hopefully my videos on UA-cam can help a few people with their repairs . Thanks again for your support, take care 👍
Very nice job... I've done hundreds of these repairs, and none of mine have looked this nice... My proudest job I've done was on a home subwoofer amplifier where the board was broken in half. It was only a double-sided board, so just stitched it back together with short wires. And it worked!
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I learned a lot from you. The way you stripped the wire in several places. I always tried to strip the last end with the other soldered down. Great technique that I will now use. Thanks!
Hi , thank you , I'm glad you found the video useful . If I can help a few people out that's great. Any kind of short wire I always pre prepare my length first so never risking damage to the board which I have seen over the years by different methods people are using . Thanks again , good luck with your soldering projects 👍
Nice clean work, you make it look so easy with these tiny tracks. Thank you.
Hi , thank you , much appreciated. I just wanted to show people that things can be fixed , even tiny traces. Hopefully this video will maybe get more people to try trace repairs and save some electronics that may otherwise be scrapped. Thank you for supporting my channel , good luck with any soldering projects you may undertake , all the best 👍
Brilliantly done and demonstrated. Well worth a watch. 👍👏🏴👍👏🏴
Hi , thank you for watching the video and commenting , much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, hopefully it can help a few people out with their trace repairs. Thanks again , take care 👍
Awesome vids all the time. Love watching them.
Thanks MSF for posting all your great tips, tricks and work. 👍
Hi , thank you for your kind words and support of my channel .
Hopefully my videos can help a few people out with their soldering problems, if they can that's great.
I will always keep posting new ones when I can so hopefully these can also be of use.
Thank you again for your support it means a lot 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 YW my friend and TY for all the time and effort you take to produce these vids and to help and teach others. Much appreciated. 😊👍
Hi . No problem. I always believe the more methods people can see the easier it is to choose one that's right for them.
I quite enjoy posting and especially when people say the videos have helped them . It makes it all worthwhile.
Take care and thanks for all of your support 👍
it took me 12h to watch it and follow ;-) AMAZING is not enough to say
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That's disturbingly professional!😩👍
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This is a masterclass in this technique. Bravo!
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video , hopefully these methods and other trace repair methods I've shown in other UA-cam videos can help a few people out with their soldering issues. Thanks again , take care 👍
Great stuff man!
Thanks for the tips!
The editing on these videos is absolutely mad, and I love it. Thank you ❤
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@@mrsolderfix3996 you’ve helped me plenty, thank you for sharing your experience with us!
I’m so happy this video exists. Nicely done 👍
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nice straight forward video. i just got a relatively rare 80s car diagnostic scanner that im gonna try this on. it has a burned trace coming off from its db15 port. this vid could save so many old electronics by showing what some steady hands and a bit of skill can do!
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. If I can help anyone then I'm happy . Hopefully we can all help each other to fix old electronics , if I can play a tiny part in that then great. Thanks again , take care 👍
Your solder tricks are awesome. Made life a bit easier for us. 🖖🏻
Hi , thank you for your comment, if I can help a few people out with their soldering issues then I'm happy. I like to share what I know , hopefully it can help others . Thanks again, take care 👍
Bravo! Thank you so so much :) accent is poetic i could listen as well
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I personally love running wires everywhere lol love you content bro 👍
Hi , thank you for your comment, I used to love running wires everywhere then one day I decided to start doing it neatly , but I do miss those messy days 👍
When I worked at NCR back in the early 80s we had what they called track repair which was a tin metal strip similar to what they use to connect solar cells together but we had it in widths the same width as the traces on our circuit boards. I've never seen it available in any catalog that has soldering supplies.
The part about using a piece of solder to shape the wire is pure genius.
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@@mrsolderfix3996Mało profesjonalne, robota . Tnx .
Amazing job!! thank you a lot for sharing.i really love it
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Well done Sir though there could be some time sawing shortcuts I'd reccomend:
1. In your Method1 I use just an uninsulated strand of a multistrand cable matching the gauge of the broken track. I do solder one end in and follow the original track to bend at required angles until I reach the destination track. Before I solder the other end I use now the UV activated glue at each bend, then I do terminate and solder the other end. Finally, I use the conformal PCB laquer to finalise the job.
2. The alternative is to use the wire-wrap wire and just to connect between required points. This way it does not have to follow the original track because it is all insulated. This is kind of an equivalent of your Method2. The UV glue is still used to secure the job.
The presented video does show the situation I have never encountered in my many years of servicing. Most of the PCB damges of this type did come from a client dropping a device to the ground and caused tracks break on the PCB because of inertia of a heavy element connected to it - like for example, a transformer.
The third type of damage you have not covered in this video is the one I found to be most frustrating. It is a dry solder thermal runaway joint of a power component soldered to the PCB destroying the through hole of the at least two layer PCB.
Ofcourse, there is more. It may be ancient to you Sir but still relevant;
please have a look on this UA-cam link:
ua-cam.com/video/IBi40aq4-t0/v-deo.html
Cir-Kit is the hardware to use in ambitious repair but I do not use it very often.
Kind Regards
My induction stove had a small broken path in the main circuit board. Thanks to your video I now can repair it. I'll update this comment when it's done thanks!
Hi , thank you for your comment. I have also posted another video showing another 4 ways to fix your traces , this one may be of use to you as well . I hope you get on ok with your project , please keep me updated . Thanks again and good luck 🤞
@@mrsolderfix3996 it was not a project. It was just an item that has to be fixed in home.
Hi , no problem.
Great tutorial.
It's a bit of a different way than I'm used to seeing this done, however I think that's just fine - as long as the end results are the same, as well as that the "craftsmanship" continues to work over time (i.e., it doesn't break/stop working after only a week of use, due to poor quality of the work completed)..
Anyways, thanks for the video, mate!! I greatly appreciate it! Good job 👍👍👌
Awesome work, honestly so clean
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Good evening. Great job...and valuable suggestions from a true pro! Regards from Italy.
Hi , thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video over in Italy , nice to know people hopefully can learn a soldering tips to help them with their soldering. Thanks again 👍
excellent craftmanship!, i think i can now repair my ac to dc converter for my rv camper. thanks!
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video , and hopefully it can help you fix your problem . Good luck and thank you again for your time 👍
Great idea the use of solder to get the shape then straighten and cut wire to length.
Hi , thank you for your support , much appreciated. The solder method mentioned in your comment does generally work really well . It's a lot safer pre- making short wires off the board to the right length rather than trying to strip the wire while one ends attached . This method allows you to do that . Thanks again , and good luck with all your soldering projects 👍
It needs lots of patience, very good video 👍
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Good work..I use a pencil eraser to clean those bare copper pads. I see you applied flux and that also worked very well. Thanks again.
Hi , thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video , hopefully it can help a few people out , thanks again 👍
We’ll done! Both great methods, thanks
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thank You, I'll fix mine now, great video!
Hi , thank you for watching the video and commenting , very kind of you . Hopefully the video can help a few people out with their trace repairs . Thanks again , take care 👍
I got into electronics through hardware hacking. Your videos really inspired me and you're very good at what you do. I want to attach wires to traces, for example rx and tx lines, but it's annoying having bare wires. Any solutions for this without drilling a component into the board (not always possible when the back of the board is used). I've got a hakko rework station, and microscope. your videos inspired me to get those when I had a small amount of inheritance. I'm from UK too :) Just wanted you to know your videos have inspired a new career for me.
Get magnet wire, solder mask, and an ultraviolet light. Magnet wire is coated with enamel to insulate it, the solder mask is the green stuff on pcb's that insulates all the traces & the UV light is for curing the solder mask. When you use enamel wire it usually doesn't need solder mask but it'll give you piece of mind. Only use the tiniest bit of solder mask though because if you use too much the UV light won't penetrate to cure all of the solder mask.
Thank you for the hint with tape!
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Thank you for the great video.
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Thank you sir, that's EXACTLY what my solid state guitar amplifier board looked like. Very Good Video....................... oh ... I "liked /subscribed " and hit the bell also. Thank You
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Brings back childhood memories of my entry into electronics repair
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Very good 👍 ,, is clean
Great Video, Thank you!!!!!🙂
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That's a clean repair if I have ever seen one. Subscribing!
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Great Tutorial Mate well explained and documented!
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@@mrsolderfix3996 You're welcome again mate, tbh I was tinkering about today and came across a question you can educate me on. I removed an eyelet on the topside of a pcb - other than now running a bridging wire from the bottom side of the ic pin (which still has its eyelet in tact) is there a handy way to repair the eyelet sitting on topside of the board. I can rework from the bottom as mentioned but curious what happens when an eyelet ring comes off from the topside of a PCB.
Cheers Franky
Hi , I posted a video a while ago showing 4 ways to repair missing pads on through hole connectors . This video may be of use to you . Thanks again for your comments 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Had a look see mate not sure whether my skills with a resistor wire are on point! the damage on the board was round 7400 ttl pins so Ill have a crack with a resistor wire or maybe try some thin gauge wire wrapping method, cheers for the heads up - and again very welcome with regards to comments mate, im still real green with the art but gaining knowledge with you vids so thankyou
Cheers
Franky
Thank you for making this video!
Hi , no problem , hopefully it can help a few people out. Thank you for your support , take care 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 I am indeed trying to learn how to properly solder and your videos are very helpful. After researching I found that two old radios of mine need recaping and I decided to do it myself. So now, lets say, Im having my theory semester watching your videos. So, again, thank you! *Edit:* note that I thought soldering would be easy, but I was dead wrong. So, Im taking this seriously.
Hi , thank you for watching, hopefully the videos can help you . Biggest thing over the years that I've found helped me was different size solder thicknesses , definitely get some 0.25mm , flux which is essential when soldering and some kind of microscope . I've posted other videos on the tools I use etc , I'm trying eventually to do videos on everything I know. Thanks again , and good luck with everything 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Thank you mate!
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Excellent video, I will try to use all of your information. BTW really nice job
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. I've recently done another trace repair video with some different methods . Hopefully these are useful for people . Thanks again and I'm glad you enjoyed the video 👍
outstanding work my friend.
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Awesome thank you for sharing
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Wao great work sir nicely and clean done very well amazing from india 💕👍
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Beautiful work, I'm an amateur and I've repaired a broken trace in a flat ribbon cable and it looked the extreme opposite of this!
Hi , thank you for your comment , much appreciated . The more you practice the better you will find your soldering becomes . You get to learn the solder thicknesses and tools you need for each job and believe me you will get better . I am trying to show many different aspects of soldering on my channel , hopefully the videos are helping a few people out . Thanks again , take care 👍
Well presented. Thank you
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Great video!
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Yes all the brocken AMIGAS that has been restored by UA-cam butches shade a tear now! Repair nice done!
Hi , thank you for your comment. Hopefully the video can help a few people with their trace repairs and get their damaged boards working .
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Sir, you have impressive skills.
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Great tips!
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Thanks, this video help me to try to repair a controller joystick fault
Hi , thank you for watching the video 👍 Good luck with your repair . Take your time and follow some of my suggestions and hopefully you will be ok . All the best 👍
Best tutorial, I liked and subbed.
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Thanks for your tutorials ,very nice🇲🇨
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Thank you Sir, helpful for me 🙏👍
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Very nice brother 👍👍👍 I am from India Jammu and Kashmir.
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nice and very perfect work sir take love from bangladesh
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Looks very good. Have you tried the copper slug tape for making tracks it works well for wider tracks you can cut it down the middle with a sharp blade. Try the UV cure glue it’s quicker. Thanks regards Chris
Hi , thank you for your comment 👍 Personally I haven't tried the copper tape but I have seen it in other situations and also postings on UA-cam. It's always good that people like yourself suggest other options , this is of great help to everyone as the more choices the better as far as I'm concerned. I love Tak Pak as a glue so I always tend to use it when I want certain things bonded down to PCB's but again if other people like the one you suggest that's great. Thanks again for your support of my channel it's very much appreciated 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 I haven’t Tried Tac Pac but I will now. As you say always something to learn
Very neat. Thanks.
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Amazing skills
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thankyou sir, excellent video and explination, good day to you from wenatchee usa
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Question about the glue you used to stabilize the wire.. Do you have a link? I can't find anything called "Tac Pack" or "Tack Pack" which I think is what you said. Also, is it removable without hurting the traces/board? I have heard people say they use clear fingernail polish because it can be dissolved. Any comment/opinion on that? Also, what about hot glue stick?
Hi thank you for your comment. I think your problem has been that you are spelling it wrong . Try "Tak Pak".
Tak Pak is a PCB recommended glue that comes in 2 parts. Activator and glue . Pretty expensive but I purchase each item from eBay seperately and you can get a lot cheaper. Spray activator on first then wait until it's evaporated then apply the glue , very simple . Do not glue first then spray like you are told to do .Can be removed pretty easily with no damage to traces etc . I definitely recommend it for PCB mod wires or trace rework. Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
what is the liquid called you used to hold the wires in place? thank you. helpful video
awesome video❤
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Great work thanx sir
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What kind of flux are you using?
And what was the two part glue you used? Or activator an glue.
Super !
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💪💪💪Thanks! ♥
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Good day, help needed! Copper gone on an entire trace. PCB is exposed and at one deep spot there is signal. What substance can be used to solder a wire on such a non metallic spot?
This have way few likes, awesome work!
Hi , thank you for your support , I'm glad you liked the video . I enjoyed making it + hopefully it can help a few people out with their trace / track repairs . Thanks again 👍
Yes, some clowns that just dismantle things have over a million subscribers and thousands of likes. This channel deserves better.
Hi , thank you. As long as a few people can benefit from the videos that's fine . I will post more when I get some time , thanks again , take care 👍
Thanks very very good
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love your videos. I think I have watched them all at least 2 times. Im curious. What is your camera setup? Im about to buy my own and I like the quality of yours.
Hi , thank you for your comment. I simply attach a macro lens to my phone camera . Nothing complicated but works well. Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
hermoso, gracias
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It looks on video like the wire is too big. However, it is pretty small.
Nice job!
Hi , the enamel coated copper wire is 0.2mm and the green Kynar is 30 gauge so they are both very small . I try and match my damaged trace width with the replacement wire which in some cases can be very important . Thank you for your comment 👍
Is following the old traces with the new wire or even using the exact same length of wire as the old traces particularly important?
I doubt it would in most cases, although I'd imagine it's much more important to make sure the new wiring is properly secured to help prevent tearing of any remaining trace.
Great video! I often have to repair single sided boards with pads lifting, but the traces are intact, this is simply due to heat from PSU components (the boards are twenty five years old!). Would you still use the TakPak to bond the pad/trace to the fibreglass, or would you use another product, or another method?
Hi , thank you for watching the video . If you have loose traces or pads I would always try and secure them to the PCB in case they take a light knock for example and get ripped from their points of contact. Tak Pak is what I generally use on PCB's but it's not a massively strong glue and can be removed if needs be. But to bond traces , pads and thin wires down it's pretty good. There are stronger adhesives out there , araldites , scotchcast and others so I guess take your pick , but I'd definitely use something . Thanks again for your support and good luck with all your soldering projects 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 what would you recommend to fix down a USB female socket on the pcb board?
What kind of microscope are you using?
This is great for traces, what about where the pad is damaged, do you have a tactic for that?
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. If you check my other postings on UA-cam I've done a through hole pad repair , 4 different ways , also I've done a couple where I've transposed surface mount pads from one board to another , you'll find them eventually, so yes I have done a few. Thanks again 👍
awsome
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perfection! only thing missing is what specific brand/kind of glue do you use or recommend?
Hi , thank you for your comment , much appreciated . I thought I'd mentioned it in the video , I normally do when I show glueing methods . Anyway the one in this video was called Tak Pak . Comes in 2 parts , glue and activator . Spray activator first then apply glue once activator has evaporated . I get it from Farnell , RS Components etc but have purchased the glue and activator seperately on eBay and got them so much cheaper than from main industry stockists . The eBay ones have been fine . Tak Pak is a recommended PCB glue and is great for modifications on boards . Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Thank you, sir. Now it's a hundred percent perfection. I've been following your videos and sending them to everyone I know for a while. I very much appreciate all your efforts in filling a skill gap. There is a friend of mine in california who makes great repair videos (mostly microsoldering with a microscope for cellphones and tiny component things and board repairs) and he uses the green stuff that is all over ebay/aliexpress that is the same material that PCB manufacturers use and it takes some UV light to heal/dry. His youtube channel is NortridgeFix. I'll compare the prices of the two methods. Thanks again for everything.
I used to work for contract manufacturers, we build other peoples products. When we had a trace repair, we would pull a trace from a donor board, replace the trace, or part of the trace. Then we had to mix up glue with green dye to color match the board and solder resist so that the customer never knows there was a problem. Replacing barrels in multi layer boards were quite the challenge, we would have to dig out schematics to test the repairs.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just build another pcb?
@@WetPig almost never. Even if it were cheaper we couldnt do that as we were contract manufacturers, we dont get spare PCBs, we dont make the pcbs, we cant buy them either, the only way to get more is to contact the customer and explain that we did something stupid.
That's all fine and dandy, nice work but what about traces going to a controller chip? I have had several traces burn up and/or lifted up after removing a controller chip, bad technique I know but it happens. Maybe you could show how to fix them. Thanks.
Hi , thank you for your comment . It's not that difficult I have showed in a really old video attaching wires to fine pitch IC's which is basically what you are asking for . I will try and post a newer one sometime , but I don't post that often . Thanks
great appreciate it.@@mrsolderfix3996
Hi. I've watched two of your vids on repeat for days now haha.
Could you help me out on this? I've broken solder pad-rings on my mouse PCB while trying to replace the mouse switches.
Do I need to wrap the wire around the legs of the Mouse switch and then bring the wire through the hole and then solder it to the trace?
This is basically the fix I'm trying to follow.
"All three pads are gone. But you need only the top and middle pad. The third pad is not connected.
What I would do is glue in the switch from the top side, let the glue dry. Then use a small wire and either wrap it around the leg of the switch or stick it into the hole, and solder it.
The top leg you can then connect to the ground plane next to it. You will need to remove the green solder resist a bit beforehand.
The middle leg you need to reconnect to that trace. So you'll have to scratch the green solder resist off that diagonal part of the trace and solder your wire to that connection."
Hey , useful , but not for my case
I have a multimeter , and the traces that are crossed by the switch contacts are damaged
I am thinking about recovering the traces from another card , and solder them to the multimeter , where it still is some .and to glue it with some epoxy .
Let's see
Do you have another idea ?
What microscope do you use?
I’ve a cracked board, with 17 traces each one approx 1mm thick with a 1mm gap, the crack runs across the 17 traces. I’m a newbie, the board is scrap but I’d like to try and sort it. My question is can you use solder paste on damage like this, I don’t have your dexterity to try and run wire for each one!
Great content Sir!
What type of wire do you use when doing a pcb trace repair. Appreciate the help❤️
Hi , thank you for your comment , much appreciated . I always try and match the width of the trace with the wire I will repair the trace with . In this video the green wire was 30 gauge Kynar wire which is probably the most used wire on PCB's . It's perfect for small width trace repairs and also is used a lot for doing PCB wire modifications . It's great for being able to solder to fine pitch IC pins . So this is my favourite wire but otherwise just try and match the size . Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
May I suggest a good trick I have discovered for removing trace coating? I do board mods where I cut PCB traces to add smd resistors and I remove the green trace coating with an engraver pen instead of scraping it with an exact knife. It works very fast and leaves clean shiny exposed copper traces. Also in my case with the traces I work on, the engraver is just the exact width of the trace so it works like an absolute charm.
Hi , thank you for your comment , very much appreciated . It's great when people like yourself come up with different methods . I'm definitely of the opinion that the more methods we can get out there the better as I've always said watch them all and choose the option that suits you best . Thanks again , take care 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Even when you are are a master, you can still learn something everyday, especially from your students. That's what I like about guys like you and BigClive for instance, you acknowledge that you do not know everything and you stay open to new ideas, thereby elevating your own knowledge and skill to an even higher level.
It feels absolutely wonderful to see a pupil growing past you own skills. That's what I experienced when teaching a teen some origami. He was still a beginner then, but nowadays he shares pictures of models he made that I don't dare to try (yet) ;-).
Hi , thank you for your comment , very kind of you . The one thing I always say is no one knows everything and you should always be willing to accept new methods if they can help you . I've learnt lots from other people's methods and hopefully my methods can help a few other people . We can all learn together . Thank you again , take care 👍
I've got a broken PCB on my 3090 GPU
Any advice on what to get to have a go? May as well before I bin it lol
Excelent tutorial
What king of tape Is it? Thanks
Kapton
What if it's a trace that had a solder point on it like where a surface mount capacitor goes?
Thanks, gauge of the copper joining cable ?
Hi , thank you for your comment. The small Enamelled copper wire is 32 gauge. , which is 0.2mm . Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
What cleaning fluid did you say you use? I couldn't make out the name. Thanks!
Hi , thank you for your comment. The main cleaning fluid I use is called Ultrasolve and if I can't get hold of that I use one called Flux Off . I've actually posted a video on UA-cam all about these fluids and how I use them , all the information is in that video . Thanks again 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 wonderful, thanks!
Hi , no problem 👍
Do you use a magnifier to repair the traces? They seem really small.
Hi , thank you for your question. Yes I do use a stereo long reach microscope for some repairs ( not all ) as these days components , traces etc are just getting smaller and smaller so some kind of magnification tool is essential . Thanks again , take care 👍
You can use soldermask to protection :)
Hi , thank you for your comment , much appreciated . I mention in lots of my videos about solder mask as protection after rework etc . As long as all the copper has solder on it no oxidisation will take place but if you were worried about something shorting to your new joint then solder mask or a layer of protective epoxy for example is a good idea . Thanks again , take care 👍
Amazing! It's so clean!
Hi , thank you for your comment , glad you enjoyed the video 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 learning a lot from you Sir. thank you!
Hi , no problem . I'm glad your learning , keep it up 👍
I used, insulated, # 16 gauge wire to jump, out, cracked board traces, on a 24 volt, transistor/relay , board damaged by "F-14 landings" on my carrier, for refueling, un-rep, station in 1980.
Hi , thank you for your comment , very much appreciated 👍
What mask or glue do you use to fix the wire?
Hi , I use a glue called Tak Pak to secure my wires down on PCB's . Thanks for your comment 👍