Patent ID: 7435711

Claim:
A method for cleaning the solder flux comprising: a step in which an object to be cleaned to which a solder flux is attached is cleaned using a cleaning agent for removing the solder flux which sets a content of benzyl alcohol to a value which falls within a range of 70 to 99.9 weight % and a content of amino alcohol to a value which falls within a range of 0.1 to 30 weight % when a content of a glycol compound is below 1 weight % with respect to a total amount of the cleaning agent for removing the solder flux, and sets a content of benzyl alcohol to a value which falls within a range of 15 to 99 weight % and a content of amino alcohol to a value which falls within a range of 0.1 to 30 weight % when a content of the glycol compound falls within a range of 1 to 40 weight % with respect to the total amount of the cleaning agent for removing the solder flux; and a rinsing step which rinses the object to be cleaned using an alcoholic solvent.