How To Clean A Soldering Iron Tip

To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron.

How to clean a soldering iron tip. See products Below Items Needed 6040 Rois Solder Core Ø 10mmV Sponge for Easy Cleanup Clean. This is done by first ensuring the tip is clean and free of surface oxides. This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use.

If some of the oxides are just sticking really well you could try to mildly abrade them on a brass sponge copper braid or similar but you cant be too hard or you will damage the iron plating good tips are typically copper core plated with iron then chromium everywhere but the working area. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron. After every cycle and before you start to solder always clean your tip.

Now remove the tip and clean it with a moist sponge to remove the cleaner. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Quickly insert hot soldering iron into coils of brass wool tip cleaner and twist it few times.

This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use for more info see this video. Apart from removing the flux off it is essential to clean off surplus solder. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.

Keep the tip clean Keeping a tip clean is also a solid strategy to reduce oxidation. Use the Hakko FS100 Tip Polish as a supplement to regular cleaning Use clean damp sponges for regular cleaning Use a nonabrasive tip cleaner as an alternative to a damp sponge Hakko 599B Tip Cleaner Flood the tip with solder after cleaning to cover the entire working surface of the tip. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool.

Leave it there until the paste melts around the tip. Wipe the iron on a damp sponge to remove the excess. Take either a wet sponge or wire wool.