It just bugs me that I came away with disappointing results
with de-vinyling yesterday. I stopped by Active Electronics on the way home
from work and picked up a few different solder iron tips. I looked for larger chisel
tips and knife edge tips. I also decided to up the temperature of my solder
iron. Playing between 750 and 800deg. I am now seeing much better results. I
have slowed down the pull of the iron across the aluminum to ~1.5sec/inch. If I
pull the vinyl back 180 deg back over itself it leaves a very clean edge. Any
edges that I didn't melt through can be very quickly rectified with a simple
touch of the iron. I'm much more pleased with the results. Although I must say that there is still at
times just a very faint line where the iron has passed over the aluminum. I
would say 5% has just a hint of a line. I resolved that this is acceptable and
to carry on (although I might just double check with Vans Force)
