How To Clean A Soldering Iron Bit

Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action.

How to clean a soldering iron bit. Therefore you will experience ash and wood material gathering on the tip very frequently. Rubbing a hot soldering iron tip on a wet sponge causes the solder to contract at a different rate than the soldering iron helping to knock off any globs of solder that may be clinging to the tip. If theres krud building up that doesnt come off with the sponge wipe it on a cleaning wireIf the tip gets really bad it can often be restored with a chemical tip tinner.

After trying both the sponge and flux to clean the tip of your soldering iron sal ammoniac would be the next step if the others didnt work. When you go to solder pull the iron out clean the tip add a tiny bit of solder to the tip then solder. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron.

It consists of soft metal shavings that are coated with flux. Reach over and unplug the iron and keep moving the solder around. By heating up one flat head screwdriver to use as an alternative to a soldering iron and another cold screwdriver as a wick youll be able to effectively remove solder from any surface.

Just heat it up with a propane torch and place the heated end against the solder you want to remove. After securing and preheating the PCB and void in a vice or PCB holder you suck the solder off the board by squeezing and releasing the bulb from behind the hole. First you will want to heat the iron up to operating temperature and wipe the tip on a damp soldering sponge to gently clean it.

You clean by thrusting the iron into the shaving a few times. First use a wet sponge to wipe off the tip before soldering. Dont for instance wipe it off put it in the holder then leave it on over lunch.

Switch off iron and allow to cool Slide bit retaining spring forward until it is clear of the slot in the bit. Just before turning it off wipe the tip and add a bit of solder to it. Make sure the sponge is damp not soaked with water.