How To Care For Solder Tips

You clean off most of the solder leaving the tip to oxidize.

How to care for solder tips. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Then clean it and re-tin it again. Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action.

Most of these steps can be done right after youre done with your soldering job and they dont take a lot of time. To clean your tips use either brass or stainless steel wool. Leave a bit of fresh solder on the tip when you return the iron to the holder.

To keep pollutants at bay one popular method is to use a damp sponge during use. Newly applied solder - tip is not ready for standby. View all bevel soldering iron tips here.

This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use. When soldering at particularly high temperatures anything above 665 degrees Fahrenheit or when you pause your soldering work for longer than an hour always clean and tin the tip in order to avoid oxidizing the solder. One of the best ways to ensure that your tip lasts longer is to use high quality solder.

Switch OFF the Soldering Station or the Iron. Put some flux on the sal ammoniac Tinning Block and gently rub the tip of your hot iron in it. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron.

Quickly touch the solder and the soldering iron together. Use the Weller WPB1 polishing bar to prevent or. A tips conductivity determines how fast thermal energy can be sent from the heater to the connection.