Tricks Tips Soldering

Use the correct type of vise or third hand.

Tricks tips soldering. Use the proper type of iron and tip size. Solder wire wrapped onto your finger. After soldering check the solder joints carefully.

Flux is a wonderful tool as it basically dictates where the solder will stick to your photo etches pieces. Use a good soldering iron preferably a cordless one or a temperature-controlled soldering station. In order to empty the solder sucker press down on the plunger.

Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder. Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components. If there isnt too much solder there the pick will break the surface tension holding the two together and they will pop back to being separate.

The culprit is bad soldering tips. Grab the solder in your non-dominant hand and give it about an inch and a half. Solder wrapped onto a fingertip means the rest of.

Never try to catch a falling soldering iron. Melt just enough solder to make the joint and then pull the iron away. Use the right-size tip for your project.

Place the soldering wire near the soldering iron and move it over the joint in a small circle until it reaches back to the soldering iron. In order to make the soldering tip last longer keep it clean and also tinned. Remove the soldering wire and then the iron.