How To Fix A Soldering Tip
MAGNUM 2000 with a 1000 iron.
How to fix a soldering tip. Otherwise the Soldering Tip may Break. It hampers a neat and clean desoldering of the circuit board. This should leave the tip of the iron with a layer of solder on it.
Weve all been there. Wiping of tips on dry sponges man-made sponges rags paper towels or metal wool in lieu of a wet cellulose sponge. While at the same time having the tip touch the capacitor leg.
Red is the Signal Plus which runs to the RCA tip. I have been tinkering with 555s and making my own projects and PC boards-- kids stuff-- I realise-- But I WILL. Sweating as well as welding.
The best way to restore the tip is by re-tinning. Minimize the Length of Time That the Board and. Finally apply solder to the tip again to protect it from oxidation.
Tinning will also help to protect the tip and reduce wear. Using a fine tip on my iron I again used a 700 degree tip dabbed the area with liquid flux and soldered the wire to the lead and exposed trace. Heat it up to around 350C and wait.
When done I removed tape cleaned flux off and trimmed wire to length. Then push it on a clean sponge for cleaning. Use of solder with low tin content.