How To Solder Really Small Wires

A few tips and tricks to use when soldering is to first always make sure you do not have a cold solder joint make sure you are using the right solder for the job and always make sure you seal your solder joint from all types of weather.

How to solder really small wires. This process should melt the solder and coat both wires evenly. Its now time to demonstrate how to solder wires together. The wires are so small that the solder doesnt really stick so what you have to do is as quickly as possible melt the solder onto the iron but with the joint DIRECTLY in the middle of the two.

Then touch the solder and gun to it at the same time and kindof pull away as you do it until a tad of solder hangs right on it. Unless a very specific flux is required that is not available as a wire solder core flux core wire solder is generally recommended. Thanks for watching The Flat Rate Mechanic.

Use a pencil soldering iron like the one in the same picture. Use a high watt soldering iron and solder quickly. Keep the iron in place and touch the solder to the wire until its fully coated.

On really small wires i dont tin them cant leave the heat on them but just for a second. Ad Quality Solder Wire Drawing Machine. You will need to get some 30 or 32 AWG wire pre tin the ends use a very fine tip flux never enough in the core of solder and a very steady hand.

Type of flux -- No-clean flux is a good choice for soldering where cleaning is. You could also twist them before soldering to increase mechanical strength. Pre tin the pads as well.

To make things a bit easier I chose to start from the centre of the board outwards and with the biggest parts before the smallest. The core can be soldered in the same way. There are small lies big lies and then there is.