How To Clean Solder Tip
Use fluxes Spongeless and metal wool to remove small amounts of contaminants from your soldering iron tips during soldering circuit board or any other components.
How to clean solder tip. Some solder will respond to one method better over the other. Switch on the Soldering Station or the Iron and Make sure it is Hot Enough. Keep the tip clean Keeping a tip clean is also a solid strategy to reduce oxidation.
This is because as the soldering iron expands and contracts quickly. Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. Apart from removing the flux off it is essential to clean off surplus solder.
The sponge should not be soaking wet just lightly damp. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Each time you clean the soldering iron and put it away apply a fresh solder to the tip.
Wring it out thoroughly after saturating with Deionized DI water. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip. After that wait for three minutes to allow the tip heat up adequately.
Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action. Wire wool has the advantage of not cooling down the soldering iron too. To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron.
If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways. Cellulose is a natural material derived from wood pulp. Then slide the retaining nut over the tip and sleeve and tighten it using your hands.