Unable To Tin Soldering Iron Tip

If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways.

Unable to tin soldering iron tip. Ive successfully retinned several very bad irons like this. Clear a work area then grab your soldering iron a solder sponge and water. Dont let it run dry.

If a copper tip it is okay to sand or file it then dip in flux and tin as above. Your goal is to remove old solder from the tip. The most important reason is that sharpened soldering iron tips do not tin well.

Rubbing with some sort of abrasive like sandpaper to get down to shiny copper and then a bit of flux and it will tin up nicely. The tips are made internally of copper which is great for heat transfer but will be damageddissolved by the tin in the solder. Repeat the Process 3-4 Times until the Soldering Tips start Shining.

Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool. Use Plato Tip Tin TT-95 Tip TinnerCleaner. This connection should only last for a very short time.

This most likely is oxidation. Now as you see ensure to always tin your soldering iron to maintain its good condition. Why does the soldering iron tip black out and cannot be tinnedThis video will show you an easy way to repair your soldering iron tipIf the video is helpful.

If the tip is hot enough to melt solder and wont tin there is some sort of a coating which is keeping the solder from wetting the tip and alloying with the tip to tin it. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. It will generally just wipe away.