SMD Removal Kit (ChipQuik Alloy 2.5ft, Flux, Alcohol Pads) Lead Free

Excellent to remove and salvage SMD components.Simple to use and very effective. Worth the money when you have no other reliable option on things like large multi-pin chips other than a heat gun. I have a heat gun and prefer this method, particularly when you don’t want to risk dislodging nearby components with the heat gun.Watch the eev YouTube review video showing how to use it (he probably applies too much solder in the video, you can successfully remove components with less and it means the relatively short length of supplied solder wire goes a lot further). Stays molten for 5-10 seconds which gives you time to heat and liquify all sides and remove. Flux is surprisingly good too, really impressive. I’ve now bought a larger syringe of the same chipquick flux to use as a general flux for other projects.I’m not sure why one reviewer said this is expensive, I agree it is expensive for what is supplied but you’d only be using this to remove and salvage smd components when you have no other option, you’d definitely not use the solder wire supplied for general every day soldering - it would be eye wateringly expensive!In summary, a good alternative to heat gun for SMD rework with large components. Simple to use. Really recommended.

This worked great for removing smd that are larger or may be more sensitive to heat as it maintains a fluid state for longer at a lower temperature.Not something you need for smaller stuff, but worth having a bit around for sure.

Expensive for what it is. It actually cost more than a new border and chip I was trying to work on. However as it was on 1 chip out of many I purchased the kit.I was amazed at how it worked, the solder melts amazingly fast at an extremely low temperature so I had time to apply to all the chip without it cooling too much and having to chase it to remove.It came off the board easily and I was able to clean the board quickly and throughly with solder wick and 99% alcohol. The chip was a different matter. Resin, solder wick, alcohol and repeat. 4 times before I was happy with it. When I tried to resolver back to the board, even after cleaning several times, I had difficulty getting it to stick properly but eventually was able too

I've heard about this for a while and recently had some work to do on a couple of rare SMD boards, and didn't want to risk the heat gun.It works brilliantly with the included flux, and goes further than the amount you get might suggest as you don't have to go mad with it. I almost regret not trying it before now just because it saves time over a heat gun for quicker jobs.

Very expensive but does exactly what it’s meant to do. A cheaper alternative would be some 138c solder paste.

This is brilliant for SMD rework at home - chips slide off easily with the low temperature alloy. Or for touching up solder joints without removing components, the flux on its own is good. Partner with some desolder braid for cleaning up bare pads.

I had a large cpu chip with 144 pins that I had to replace. I was able use chip quick and my soldering iron to desolder it within about 3 minutes. It was so easy!

… but at what cost… So, this product is amazing. It does what it says. It works by mixing a super low melting point alloy into your solder. Chips just slide off the board. Magic. However, cleaning up after is a legitimate challenge. IPA doesn’t help. It took a half dozen passes of diluting that damn alloy with fresh solder and wicking everything in the neighbourhood to actually get the board solderable again. And not to mention the junk stuck on the IC pins. I followed the instructions provided to the letter, and that left me with a board that wouldn’t take solder. Perhaps if you’re less clumsy than me you can wick an smt board five times without damaging a trace, but I did and I resented it. If what you need is to get an IC off a board, then this is basically magic. If you need to do anything with the board or IC after… maybe use a rework station instead. Mine went in the bin.