d14099 Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 i am a novice i was trying to un solder the worn gold pick up covers off my new les paul studio and i want to know if if i hurt anything i first tried a sodering gun to loosen the solder joint that holds the cover to the pick up, it finally let go, it took about three minutes inside one layer of tape came off and it melted what looks like dielectric grease from the pick up the second pick up i used a small torch on and nothing happened to the pick up at all my question is do i have to replace the pickup, if not what should i do when i install the new covers any help would be greatly appreciated i would like to finish the job asap thanks david d14099 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 hmmm.... i dont know, if you were using a solder gun, i think the best thing would to have a desolder pump as well, looks like a little spring loaded syringe, if you hit the existing solder with an iron, it should melt really easily. then just suck it up with the pump. so you just work little by little. it depends on how much you heat got transfered to any important parts. i think to demagnetize a alinco magnet it was like 170-270 degrees or something, i dont know how hot your iron was. does anything look visibly damaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 sorry, im prolly not very helpful. lovekraft is in here, so now he will make us all look stupid. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 If they still sound good, they're probably completely undamaged. The grease you mention is normally a wax potting compound, so that shouldn't hurt anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d14099 Posted August 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 thanks for the info, after i posted this i looked at the pick up and determined it was wax and not grease like i first thought, so here is another question, do i have to replace the wax, i am installing new covers, and if so what do i use, and how do i do it ? thanks for all your help david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 called potting and there is a tutiorial on the main site. Repotting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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