How To Make Solder Tips

No additional solder is needed.

How to make solder tips. Touch the tip of the soldering iron to the wires and keep it there. Press the release button to suck up the liquid solder. Step 5 Trim to fit.

Make sure the soldering iron has warmed up. Then once we close the core wire the molten soldering takes its place above the spot to cover the whole spot surface and to connect the component foot to the circuits spot. 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.

Fitting the Solder Joint. Place the braid over unwanted solder preferably on the greatest solder build up so that it maximizes the contact of the braid to the surface area of the solder. At some point over the next 2-10 seconds depending on how hot your iron is the wires will be hot enough to melt the solder.

Bend the legs slightly to secure the part. This is why we have a wet sponge. You must have a steady grip on your iron to attach the wire.

Place soldering iron tip on the pad. To clean the oxides off the tip. The heat of soldering dramatically accelerates this process.

You can touch the solder to the wires not to the tip of the iron periodically to see if its hot enough. If you want to join two wires with solder the first thing you should do is to tin the two wires. Ive had success getting molten solder to jump onto a heated pick too.