Pickling of soldered components
Letter 10044
PICKLING: I came across this term of pickling. They mention
pickling pots and medium to help this process. What in actual fact is
pickling? Is it the process to whiten out the worked pieces when
soldered. I usually plunge the worked pieces when hot in diluted
Sulphuric acid to whiten out. Has this to do with the same thing?
Could you give me a detailed description of Pickling, please.
Joseph Tanti
- MALTA
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Yes, what you are doing is pickling which is using an acid dip to
dissolve oxides and smuts from a metal surface.
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Pickling is simply putting something in some acid. The term is
used very widely from removing rust from steel to preserving onions
in vinegar. Without more information on where you saw this word I
cannot help more.

Martin Trigg
surface treatment shop - Stroud, Glos, England
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