How To Care For Solder Tips

Metal wool effectively removes dirt and other contaminants and avoids issues associated with using a damp sponge to clean soldering tips.

How to care for solder tips. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron. If you want to watch the video please click OK. Welding Plastic with a Soldering Iron Soldering Surface-Mount Components with a Hot-Air Soldering Station.

Clean your tip with a synthetic wet sponge only. Tinning the tip means covering the tip with a layer of. A tips conductivity determines how fast thermal energy can be sent from the heater to the connection.

- Dont wipe the tip on the damp sponge before you put the iron in the holder to rest. Keep your heat low. When soldering at particularly high temperatures anything above 665 degrees Fahrenheit or when you pause your soldering work for longer than an hour always clean and tin the tip in order to avoid oxidizing the solder.

In this video I show you how to tin a soldering iron tip old or new and other care tips. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool. After each actual use coat the tip with fresh solder before putting back into its holder.

Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. If all else fails Soldering Iron tips do not last forever. Brass wool is softer and less abrasive while the harder stainless steel wool has a longer life.

Higher temperatures lead to reduced tip life so maintain operating temperatures as low as possible. If you dont have a tinning compound low-temperature solder is good for this. Leave a bit of fresh solder on the tip when you return the iron to the holder.