How To Clean A Soldering Iron

If youre using solder with a flux core start cleaning your soldering iron by following the tinning steps above.

How to clean a soldering iron. Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action. A simple way to clean soldering iron is to use a sponge or brass strip to remove deposits of metals. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool.

Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. Secondly heat the solder and pour on the tip of the soldering iron and clean it again. Either they become too dry or they are so wet that the fast cooling might destroy the first layer of.

The flux in the solder will help remove some of the corrosion. This will slowly start to remove the oxidation present on the soldering iron. Now push the soldering iron right on where you want to clean solder off from the circuit board.

It was taking longer for the solder to flow and when it did it wouldnt form a solid joint. How to Remove Solder Soldering. Once the tilt latches with the depressed point heat the location with the iron.

Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron. With a clean soldering iron tip a smooth flow of solder is made possible. The flux in tip cleaner removes the oxidation and build up from the soldering iron tip and then the solder re-tins the tip ready for use.

Most of the time this works. This is because as the soldering iron expands and contracts quickly. Once clean and shiny perform tinning and now your tool is ready to use.