How To Clean Soldering Iron With Sponge
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How to clean soldering iron with sponge. Tip cleaning sponges are made from cellulose. You can also use stainless steel pot scrubber as long as it is dry to prevent transmitting the heat. The variability of the solder will clean the tip easily.
Just push your soldering tip up and down into the brass sponge. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip. As moist sponge cause thermal shock and micro fractures.
Insert the Tip in Good Quality Tip Tinner. I decided to buy a real stand for my soldering iron and the one I got came with its own sponge. Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action.
So what we need to do is remove that solder by wiping it on a sponge a wet sponge. Secondly heat the solder and pour on the tip of the soldering iron and clean it again. The main object is to clean the tip of the soldering iron in order to keep it from wear and tear.
This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use for more info see this video. And by doing that we remove that oxide layer and expose fresh un-oxidized metal and thatll be much more effective at transferring heat to the work piece. Electronix Express points out that in order to remove the dirt and debris that accumulates on the tip of a soldering iron it is necessary to wipe it clean with a sponge.
Switch OFF the Soldering Station or the Iron. I found a good cellulose sponge by 3M. To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron.