Unable To Tin Soldering Iron Tip

How to Clean Soldering Iron Tip.

Unable to tin soldering iron tip. This most likely is oxidation. Without proper tinning the longevity of your soldering iron tips will significantly diminish. Then of course you need to tin the iron again which means adding a fair amount of solder and letting it sit for a few minutes before wiping it clean.

Use Plato AB-3 polishing bar. If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.

Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. A polyurethane foam bar with embedded abrasives which is used to polish the working end of the tip to remove surface oxides. Use Plato Tip Tin TT-95 Tip TinnerCleaner.

The tinning of soldering iron is a simple process. Soak the sponge using the water squeeze it out a little then use it to clean the tip of the soldering iron. Sharpening a soldering iron tip can also make it more prone to pockmarks.

This connection should only last for a very short time. Steel wool is an abrasive which will damage the tip as will sand paper. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool.

Thermaltronics TMT-TC-2 Tip Tinners should be used when the soldering iron tip is unable to be re-tinned by using cored solder or normal electronic grade fluxes. The chief reason why the solder is not sticking to iron is the oxidized tip. Dont let it run dry.