How To Clean And Tin A Soldering Iron Tip

Use Plato Tip Tin TT-95 Tip TinnerCleaner.

How to clean and tin a soldering iron tip. Alternatively you can use a special polishing bar particularly of. Wipe a wet sponge across the solder irons tip after each stroke to avoid buildup on the tip. How to Tin or Re-Tin Soldering Iron Tip.

Using water soak the sponge that comes with the iron and squeeze it out a little. It warm up and then melting solder on it. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron.

This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use. Iron again which means adding a fair amount of solder and letting it. The iron should NEVER be in the stand without a tinned tip Ie.

You also can clean your soldering iron tip with a sponge while using it to keep it clean. If the tip is very dirty you may want to dip the tip in a commercial tip cleaning paste and then wipe it clean on the damp soldering sponge. A short demonstration on how to tin a new soldering tip why tinning the soldering iron tip is important and how to clean up an older soldering iron tip.

Plug in the iron and switch it on. That way the solder on the surface oxidizes rather than the tip itself. It is a much stronger flux that will clean and tin the tip.

Wipe off the irons tip between strokes. The best tip tinner is your solder--tips should always be coated with a small amount of solder. Adjust the temperature of the iron to about 750 F75 on the dial like so.