How To Clean Soldering Iron With Sal Ammoniac

To use it gently gouge melt your hot iron into the surface of the block of sal ammoniac.

How to clean soldering iron with sal ammoniac. It was used to clean and tin the big tips on the 100 and 200 watt soldering irons. Sal Ammoniac is Highly acidic and will degrade the performance and Lifespan of your soldering iron tip. Cardboard works in a pinch.

Then melt some fresh solder onto your iron. If the tip loses its tin you want a product called tinning salts or sal ammoniac to restore wettability then re-tin with your usual solder. 4 - Non-abrasive so will not damage when cleaning re-tinning tips.

If the tip is dirty and excessively oxidized you can also use a sal ammoniac tinning block to bring it to life. Use Sal Ammoniac. Good clean tips mean good clean joints.

Put some flux on the sal ammoniac Tinning Block and gently rub the tip of your hot iron in it. Sal ammoniac for cleaning your stained glass soldering iron tip comes in a solid block form similar to that of a bar of soap. Keep one close and use it often as you work.

We recommend the use of the Hakko 599B Tip cleaner as it can remove oxidation from the soldering tip without removing the solder or exposing the tip to harsh chemicals or thermal shock. The little tin gets in the way once it gets low on cleaner on the radio crap stuff. A very effective way to do this involves heating your iron and rubbing the tip on a Sal-Ammoniac block.

Put a good amount of solder on the tip when storing it or leaving it idle for any length of time. 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. This item is a 12 lb.