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Silicon Solder Mat

Jan Cumps

I purchased a silicon solder mat today, when I was in the electronics shop to pick up my order.

 

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I use an antistatic mat as a generic work area, and prefer to keep that tidy. That mat can take an accidental touch of a hot iron, but it's not intended for that.

 

The silicon solder mat (from Velleman - Buy Belgian!) is heat resistant, up to 500° C.

Flexible and can be cleaned in a kitchen sink. It returns back to its original form.

Total size 45 x 30 cm. Work area without covering anything is approx. 40 * 28. It costed 20 €.

 

One of the biggest advantages for me is that it's easy to pick up and stow away. My lab is used as office, diner table and lab bench, depending on the time of day.

I prefer to have a reasonable clean desk. I remove instruments and projects when I use the desk as home office. And vice versa.

I'll report back in a while how the thing behaves in the real world. If I'm happy with the purchase or regret it.

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  • Hi Jan,

     

    Interesting mat, the dimples for components and the magnetized regions are a neat idea!

    Then I searched on Amazon for it and found this interesting thing: I wonder if the non-pyramid side (which are hollow dimples) could be repurposed for a soldering mat too.

    (EDIT: maybe not, it may squish around too much in use).

    Or at any rate, looks useful for the normal purpose in a kitchen.

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  • Hi Jan,

     

    Interesting mat, the dimples for components and the magnetized regions are a neat idea!

    Then I searched on Amazon for it and found this interesting thing: I wonder if the non-pyramid side (which are hollow dimples) could be repurposed for a soldering mat too.

    (EDIT: maybe not, it may squish around too much in use).

    Or at any rate, looks useful for the normal purpose in a kitchen.

    image

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