Resoldering the connections is a good idea.
As far as cleanup, I have a K2 that was involved in a house fire in 2003. The recovered K2 was wet totally soot black, the bezel was melted and the knobs heat distorted. I was advised to try cleaning it up with isopropyl alcohol on Q-tips and then to “rinse” it with distilled water dampened Q-Tips to see if it could be rescued.
I did so, let the unit dry thoroughly, and replaced the bezel, buttons, and knobs. I applied power and the radio came to life except for the RS232 communications. I sent the K2 out to an Elecraft listed K2 builder for repairs and upgrades to 100 watts. The returned K2/100 has worked FB ever since and has logged about 10,000 mostly digital QSOs. No other HF radio survived the fire since they were not readily repairable like the K2.
73 de KB1IKD
HTH
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