How To Solder Really Small Wires

Using assisting hands or another form of clamp device is recommended for this process.

How to solder really small wires. If the wire is stranded use your fingers to twist the strands together. Should take a total of bout 2. If you were here I could have it done for you in a few minutes but we all need to learn.

If you can heat it to solder melting temps faster then you can touch and go and use less heat over-all. Video shows how to solder small wires together and solder a wire to a small solar panel. Sold in the electronics department.

Keep the iron in place and touch the solder to the wire until its fully coated. Lay the wire on a small block of wood. Ad Quality Solder Wire Drawing Machine.

You will need to get some 30 or 32 AWG wire pre tin the ends use a very fine tip flux never enough in the core of solder and a very steady hand. You have to use leaded solder though because this will pull the enamel wire right onto the center of the pin or pad. Use a pencil soldering iron like the one in the same picture.

When joining 2 larger gauge multi-strand wires together I normally spread the strands first and push the 2 wires together head to head then twist them so they dont come off easily. For small wires and quick jobs you could simply solder one wire directly next to the other. If you tin the wires and the holes you will need very little or none additional solder.

Hold the part in a small vicehelping hand and apply as much good luck as you can. The wires are so small that the solder doesnt really stick so what you have to do is as quickly as possible melt the solder onto the iron but with the joint DIRECTLY in the middle of the two. Heat the iron and flow solder on the iron tip and the wrapped wire and get solder on the thinner wire sticking out.