How To Fix A Soldering Gun Tip

If its a new tip use sandpaper or steel wool so the metal shines.

How to fix a soldering gun tip. A soldering iron works by heating a heat-resistant element that transfers heat to the tip to melt the solder and the soldering process. Your soldering iron may become defective and stop heating to the right temperatures or stop heating altogether. Make sure You are not giving extra pressure to the Soldering tip.

I strongly suggest using lead free rosin core solder with a no clean residue. Steps for Repairing soldering iron not heating. Unscrew the locking nut that holds the tip-retaining sleeve and tip in place.

Once the tip is clean and shiny press the soldering gun trigger to high and as soon as its hot apply a. If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways. Hold the soldering iron in one hand and solder in the other.

This serves the dual purpose of cleaning the tip of old solder that would interfere with soldering and melting new solder to be applied to the work. Silver soldering is useful for fabrication repair and modification of small parts. With an old tip you may need to use a file to remove badly oxidized areas.

Make sure the tip isnt broken then loosen the two nuts that hold the tip to the gun then tighten the two nuts back down tightly. Push the two pieces of plastic together and hold them there while you run the soldering iron tip along the seam until the two pieces of plastic are partially melted together. Tips can be tightened or removed with the included hex wrench letting you clean them easily and ensuring that a clear connection transfers the heat efficiently to either of the included tips.

Heat it up to around 350C and wait. A polyurethane foam bar with embedded abrasives which is used to polish the working end of the tip to remove surface oxides. 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.