A customer in Austin told me my flux looked like a crime scene

He pointed at a board I fixed and said I was using way too much, leaving big blobs that could cause shorts. I switched to a needle bottle and now I use about half as much, just a tiny dot on each joint. Has anyone else had a client call them out on messy flux work?

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3 Comments

perez.elliot1mo ago

Angela's "enthusiastic" comment is a kinder way to say it, but that "crime scene" line cuts deeper. It paints such a vivid, negative picture of your workspace. Technical feedback is one thing, but creative insults about your mess tend to stick in your brain longer. They make you see your own work through someone else's critical eyes, which is oddly effective for changing habits.

angela_knight2mo ago

My early boards looked like a glitter bomb went off. A friend finally told me my flux use was "enthusiastic" which was code for a huge mess. What's the worst critique you've gotten on your work?

eric_carr2mo ago

I read a forum post where someone called a guy's solder joints "cold and sad looking." I mean, that's just brutal, right? It stuck with me because it's so weirdly personal. Like, you're not just saying the connection is bad, you're saying it has bad feelings. Idk, maybe it's just me but that critique felt harsher than any technical term. At least "enthusiastic flux" sounds kind of fun.