How To Tin Soldering Iron Tips
Add more solder if needed to cover all surfaces of the iron tip.
How to tin soldering iron tips. The first step is simple but essential. Never apply flux directly to a soldering iron tip. Do not wait for it to get hot before touching the solder to the tip.
Clear a work area then grab your soldering iron a solder sponge and water. Start by plugging the soldering iron in and allowing it to heat up. You will want to tin your tips when you first purchase them before use when the iron is sitting idle in the holder during use and when you finish soldering before you pack your tips for storage.
It will melt and cause more trouble. A polyurethane foam bar with embedded abrasives which is used to polish the working end of the tip to remove surface oxides. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder.
It will make your soldering iron long-lasting. Switch on the Soldering Station or the Iron and Make sure it is Hot Enough. You have to clean it before tinning and the easiest way is to dab it on a wet sponge.
Un tin desoldering iron or tin pump It is a tool widely used by electronics since it allows removing a tin solder. ANd of course if you dont tin the tip in the first place again letting it warm up and then melting solder on it so it covers the tip and then. Dont let it run dry.
Once the soldering iron is hot apply some solder to the iron tip and allow it to melt. Here is the way I clean tips. Dont use a synthetic sponge.