How To Clean Soldering Iron After Use
Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron.
How to clean soldering iron after use. Once clean and shiny perform tinning and now your tool is ready to use. You only need the last 5 mm or so - the part that comes in contact with the parts you are soldering. Dont worry too much if the whole tip isnt nicely covered in solder.
Just try to wipe it off after every 4-5 solder joints. After having turned off the iron cleaned it and tinned it you want to use an alloy cleaner on the whole tip of the soldering iron. If all else fails Soldering Iron tips do not last forever.
Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Just use a pair of plyers to undo the nut pull the tip out and put in the holder.
To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron. Try not to leave the iron sitting hot on the bench while not in use. Adjust the soldering irons temperature to about 750 degrees Fahrenheit 39 degrees Celsius After a minute check if the iron is.
Did this twenty years ago for a stubborn wart it never came back. Insert the Tip in Good Quality Tip Tinner. It took a lot of effort with tip tinnercleaning compound to make the solder wet the tip again.
Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. 20181018_144137jpg 27402381 304 MB. The flux is oftentimes stronger more activated to help remove oxides.