How Do You Repair A Soldering Iron Tip

The flux in tip cleaner removes the oxidation and build up from the soldering iron tip and then the solder re-tins the tip ready for use.

How do you repair a soldering iron tip. I do see slight corrosion but its most likely the lead lead is the best for everything. This will restore the soldering iron to its normal functionality. Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action.

Melt a little solder on the tip of the iron. Furthermore why is my soldering iron not melting solder. Heat it up to around 350C and wait.

This looks to me like a combination of too high heat and crappy tip coating. To prevent this any decent tip is coated in iron which doesnt dissolve in solder which you remove if sanding it or if cleaning with a steel sponge instead of a brass sponge. The majority of soldering irons have three basic temperature designs.

You can dampen it somewhat but keep any water drips away from the electrics. The solder melts and should stick at the tip. Unroll a portion of solder then roll the hot tip of the iron from the end of the solder until it does one complete turn on the solder.

Wipe the tip of the iron on the damp sponge. They usually get much hotter than a regulated iron because they always put out the same power and that power has to be enough to solder against a ground plane or something else that acts like a heat sink. You can repair a malfunctioning soldering iron by replacing the heating element.

2 temperature-controlled soldering irons allow you to be sure that the soldering iron tip maintains the right temperature but they are more expensive than. Yes the tips are made of copper for its low thermal resistance but copper dissolves in hot solder. Install the prepared tip in your soldering iron.