Accidentally remove copper on my stripboard.. Is my board ruined?

[Sesh]

Hi DIY'ers

(edit for rude lack of introduction:) Only recently started getting into bulding pedals, and thought I'd seek help on this wonderful forum that I've seen pop up when googling around. So, first post here!

I was in the middle of soldering links on my stripboard.. Two leads were crossing each other, so I clipped them close to the board to avoid a solder bridge, but when I did so, I accidentally ripped off some of the copper and now the solder wont stick.

My question is.. Do I need to start all over, or can I solder a lead to the copper and continue? Pic attached

[antonis]

As long as you don't need continuity for the 3 holes between "damaged" and same row right cut, it should be fine...

P.S.
Partick's ironic "also" in welcome, made me feel guiltily impolite..

[FUZZZZzzzz]

you could take a small piece of resistor clippings and make a small solder bridge over the hole (if needed). If I was almost at the end of the build I would do just that. If you're in the early stage of preparing the board for the components then I might start again.

The quality of the build and board will make debugging easier and also make it more durable. just my two cents.

[patrick398]

It looks like the way you're making track cuts is lifting or at least damaging the copper layer. They all look quite sharp and rough. How are you making those cuts? I find the best way is to use a 3mm or 4mm drill bit and spin it between your fingers. Makes cuts in no time and they're smooth and neat with no damage to the surrounding copper or hanging copper shards

Also, welcome to the forum!

[pinkjimiphoton]

beware of crappy vero, too. i've gotten some within the last couple years where the traces just plain lift as soon as they get heated.

you can almost always just use a piece of component lead to bridge a damaged area. do it all the time.

[Sesh]

It looks like the way you're making track cuts is lifting or at least damaging the copper layer. They all look quite sharp and rough. How are you making those cuts? I find the best way is to use a 3mm or 4mm drill bit and spin it between your fingers. Makes cuts in no time and they're smooth and neat with no damage to the surrounding copper or hanging copper shards

Also, welcome to the forum!

Thanks! You're absolutely right, they're a bit messy. I'm actually using a dedicated tool, but it's not always clean. I'm  overdoing it because I've read several warnings that even the tiniest bit of copper trace can short, but I'll be more careful next board.

beware of crappy vero, too. i've gotten some within the last couple years where the traces just plain lift as soon as they get heated.

you can almost always just use a piece of component lead to bridge a damaged area. do it all the time.

The stripboards are perfectly fine. I was just way too aggressive with a wire cutter trying to cut the base of the excess leads from the links, hehe. Lesson learned!

Thanks for the help everyone. I might start over as I'm on the early stage of the build - only finished the links. ANd it would seem my cutting technique needs to be improved as well.

[Nitefly182]

Your vero isn't ruined. It has just *become* unplated perf in that region