How To Make Homemade Soldering Wire

Plug in the soldering iron and let it heat up.

How to make homemade soldering wire. You will first start off with a short length less than a foot of thick braided copper wire. To make your own solder wick you will just need a piece of stranded copper wire and some flux. Bring ½ cup vinegar and ½ cup water to a boil.

I extended the accessory wire slightly by soldering and heat shrinking another 8 inches of 18-gauge Red wire to the one Pioneer included Step 3. Group and tape the power ACCY and ground wiring together. For more picture go over to my website.

They can be made independently. And now you just made a solder wick from a piece of copper wire you can use it as the usual solder wick. In previous videos we compared different types of commercial flux but did you know its possible to make a simple and effective flux at home.

How it works solder wick. Make sure that the container you use for your pickle does not get used for anything else after this. Untangle the braids of copper then fan the strands out like shown below.

How to make flux for soldering yourself. Solder wick is just braided copper wire coated with flux when you heat it on top of the solder the flux and the solder melt and then the solder wick acts as a sponge and absorb or soak up the solder this effects known as Capillary action the homemade solder wick has the same principle. Run the solder over the entire splice so it can melt and travel into the gaps between the wires.

Secure the harness so that the wiring is facing you. It heated almost instantly melted the solder. This should be adequate enough to make a solid connection.