YCS 2023-006 Desoldering Wick (5pcs Roll)

Every board-level job on a dead phone reaches the same point: the pads must be flat and clean before the new IC goes down. The YCS 2023-006 Desoldering Wick (5pcs Roll) handles that step on your repair bench. YCS braids this wick from 0.06mm pure copper strands into a 2.0mm wide band, and each roll holds 1.5m of usable length. Rosin flux sits inside the weave, so the braid wets quickly when your soldering iron tip touches it and pulls molten solder up by capillary action. You get flat, bright pads without scraping them with a blade or dragging a tip across delicate traces.
The 2.0mm width matters on mobile logic boards. Modern phones pack charging ICs, audio codecs, PMICs, and RF chips into very small footprints. A wide braid tends to touch nearby capacitors and resistors while you work. A 2.0mm band covers a WLCSP or QFN footprint in a few passes without spreading heat across the whole area. On larger lands, such as a CPU, eMMC, or UFS footprint after you lift the chip with a hot air station, you work in overlapping strokes. The fine 0.06mm strand weave also follows uneven pad surfaces closely, which helps you lift leftover solder balls that a thicker braid tends to miss.
In a normal workshop sequence, you remove the faulty IC with hot air, add a little fresh flux to the footprint, lay the wick flat on the pads, and press a clean iron tip on top. Let the solder flow into the braid, then lift the iron and the wick together so the copper does not stick to the board. Cut off the used, solder-filled section and move to fresh braid for the next pass. This routine prepares the board for reballing a BGA chip, fitting a new charging port, or seating a replacement PMIC when you chase a charging issue, a no-power fault, or a phone stuck on the logo after a hardware fault.
Temperature control decides how cleanly the wick performs. Lead-free solder on factory boards melts at a higher temperature than leaded rework alloy. Many technicians add a small amount of leaded solder to the pads first to lower the melting point, then wick everything off together. Set your iron to a working temperature that lets the braid flow within a second or two. Do not hold heat on one spot for long, because extended contact can lift pads or burn the solder mask. A chisel or knife tip transfers heat into the braid more evenly than a fine conical tip.
The YCS 2023-006 Desoldering Wick belongs in our solder consumables range, and it works best alongside the rest of your rework setup. Pair it with a temperature-controlled soldering station, a hot air station for IC removal, good no-clean flux, and a PCB holder that keeps the board steady while you work. A stereo microscope lets you confirm every pad is flat and free of bridges before you reball with a stencil from a reballing kit. For high-volume through-hole work, a dedicated desoldering station makes a natural upgrade, while this braid stays your main tool for surface-mount pad cleaning.
The five-roll pack suits shops that open a fresh roll every few days. Keep unused rolls sealed in their packaging so the flux stays active and the copper does not oxidise, and keep the open roll away from humidity on the bench. Technicians who replace charging ports, display connectors, and power ICs every day get a steady supply of braid from one purchase. Shop owners in Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad who stock consumables in bulk get the same width and weave on every roll, which keeps results predictable for every technician on the team.