How To Remove Tip From Weller Soldering Iron

Just wipe off the old solder and put a ver little piece of new high quality solder back to the tip.

How to remove tip from weller soldering iron. Install the prepared tip in your soldering iron. Wipe the iron on a damp sponge to remove the excess. You just have to make sure to take your time and dont force anything.

The first thing of course is NOT to do this when the iron is hot. Slide the nut and retaining sleeve off the soldering iron heating element and remove the tip from the sleeve. Wipe the tip clean and re-tin it between every joint.

Turn off and unplug your iron or base. If it doesnt you need to remove all solder and grind the tip again more thoroughly. Im fairly new to soldering so Im not to sure which tip to use.

It took a lot of effort with tip tinnercleaning compound to make the solder wet the tip again. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Then slide the retaining sleeve and the nut off the iron and remove the tip.

Changing the soldering tips on a PES51 pencil is very simple. If some of the oxides are just sticking really well you could try to mildly abrade them on a brass sponge copper braid or similar but you cant be too hard or you will damage the iron plating good tips are typically copper core plated with iron then chromium everywhere but the working area. Find the small screw on the soldering iron shaft near the tip and unscrew it by inserting the screwdriver and turn counter clockwise.

That should be 5x cheaper than to buy the tips from weller. The best tip tinner is your solder--tips should always be coated with a small amount of solder. Repeat the Process 3-4 Times until the Soldering Tips start Shining.