How To Clean A Soldering Iron Tip

When pre-cleaning is necessary for plated tips they should be cleaned with a mildly abrasive emery cloth and may require an acid flux to remove the oxides before tinning or re-tinning.

How to clean a soldering iron tip. This is done by first ensuring the tip is clean and free of surface oxides. Take either a wet sponge or wire wool. The best solder for oxidation prevention is one with a high amount of flux core.

Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip. To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron. Clean the tip.

Push the soldering iron tip into the chemical cleaner until the entire rusted area is submerged. Apart from removing the flux off it is essential to clean off surplus solder. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder.

Each time you clean the soldering iron and put it away apply a fresh solder to the tip. Switch on the Soldering Station or the Iron and Make sure it is Hot Enough. Leave it there until the paste melts around the tip.

You will find that both a damp sponge and a wire cleaner will be effective for cleaning. Use fluxes Spongeless and metal wool to remove small amounts of contaminants from your soldering iron tips during soldering circuit board or any other components. Use stainless steel wool flux and thick clothe to clean the tip.

You also can clean your soldering iron tip with a sponge while using it to keep it clean. Quickly insert hot soldering iron into coils of brass wool tip cleaner and twist it few times. Wipe the iron on a damp sponge to remove the excess.