How To Clean Soldering Tip

Start by plugging it in and waiting for it to heat up.

How to clean soldering tip. Wire wool has the advantage of not cooling down the soldering iron too much and you dont have to wait for the iron to get its desired temperature. Wipe the iron on a damp sponge to remove the excess. It doesnt matter too much if its ugly as long as you can get a nice shiny bit right at the tip.

It hampers a neat and clean desoldering of the circuit board. Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. Be sure to clean the cold tip then treating it with acetone and wiping well with a cotton cloth.

How to Clean Soldering Iron Tip. This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use. Apart from removing the flux off it is essential to clean off surplus solder.

With the iron tip cold use a polishing bar. Just try to wipe it off after every 4-5 solder joints. Now remove the tip and clean it with a moist sponge to remove the cleaner.

Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action. You can also use stainless steel pot scrubber as long as it is dry to prevent transmitting the heat. Dedicated tip cleaning mesh is the best thing Ive found for that but the traditional damp sponge works fairly well.

You also can clean your soldering iron tip with a sponge while using it to keep it clean. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron. Take either a wet sponge or wire wool.