How To Make Soldering Iron Hotter

High heat for home use is created with electricity or by igniting a gas such as propane MAPP methylacetylene-propadiene or acetylene each of which burns hotter than the last.

How to make soldering iron hotter. Once the iron has attained the appropriate temperature hold the iron by one hand and the solder in the other. In a pinch pun intended Ive wiped my soldering iron tip with my fingertips. Apply solder to the work not the iron.

That soldering iron tip is going to have a pretty weak magnetic field. Wire The Soldering Iron and The Dimmer. Touch the tip of the soldering iron to the wires and keep it there.

In this video Ill be showing you how to double the wattage on a cheap soldering iron. Still more firepower up to 3000 degrees will braze metals a stronger form of soldering that uses harder filler materials and cut or weld iron and mild steel. 2 temperature-controlled soldering irons allow you to be sure that the soldering iron tip maintains the right temperature but they are more expensive than basic soldering irons.

The thinner the material the better. Clean your tip regularly. The idea is to heat the metal parts not the solder.

Let it heat up for a few minutes before using it on the plastic. In some expensive soldering iron there is a thermal shutdown feature also available. You put a powerful AC electromagnet next to it and draw it away slowly.

If you are welding two plastic pieces push them together. You can set the temperature of the soldering iron depending on the thickness of the plastic. Controlling soldering iron tip temperature is not the key element in soldering.