How To Care For Solder Tips

Maintain your soldering iron for long life by keeping the tip clean.

How to care for solder tips. When your tip does become blackened and will not come clean using a wet sponge break out your brass brush or your tinning block. Read more about it in our privacy policy. Here are a few tips for caring for your soldering tips.

Poor maintenance of soldering iron tips is the main reason for soldering problems. Excess solder on the tip will do no good and lead to problems when trying to solder. Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron.

If all else fails Soldering Iron tips do not last forever. In this video I show you how to tin a soldering iron tip old or new and other care tips. Brass wool is softer and less abrasive while the harder stainless steel wool has a longer life.

When soldering at particularly high temperatures anything above 665 degrees Fahrenheit or when you pause your soldering work for longer than an hour always clean and tin the tip in order to avoid oxidizing the solder. Use the Weller WPB1 polishing bar to prevent or. To clean your tips use either brass or stainless steel wool.

If the joint is dirty the solder joints will be loose. Leave a bit of fresh solder on the tip when you return the iron to the holder. Pressing the hot tip into the tinning compound will allow you to coat the tip.

If you dont have a tinning compound low-temperature solder is good for this. Tinning the tip means covering the tip with a layer of. The way you store your soldering iron tips can.