How To Tin A New Soldering Iron Tip
Use Plato AB-3 polishing bar.
How to tin a new soldering iron tip. It will make your soldering iron long-lasting. The trick is to apply the solder AS its heating up. Its a 50 watt ungar with a screw on iron clad tip.
Plug in the iron and switch it on. Do not wait for it to get hot before touching the solder to the tip. Hold the solder to the tip while its heating up to make sure you tin the tip before it has a chance to turn black.
1 Solder Iron Tip. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. Â TS-D25 TS-B02.
 TS-D25 TS-B02 TS-D25 and TS-B02. Repeat the Process 3-4 Times until the Soldering Tips start Shining. When you put a light layer of solder over another piece of metal its called tinning.
This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use for more info see this video. Do not touch it with bare hands. Hi Guys My old ungar died and I got the new replacement tonight.
You will want to tin your tips when you first purchase them before use when the iron is sitting idle in the holder during use and when you finish soldering before you pack your tips for storage. When you get a new soldering iron tip you should lower the temperature to about 70 of the temperature you normally use on the station considering the type of solder you use lead-tin or lead free. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.