How To Clean A Soldering Iron
It was taking longer for the solder to flow and when it did it wouldnt form a solid joint.
How to clean a soldering iron. Using a specially designed cleaner or brass to clean the soldering irons tip. This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use for more info see this video. How to Remove Solder Soldering.
This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. From the start I had problems wetting the tip. Push the soldering iron tip into the chemical cleaner until the entire rusted area is submerged.
To apply the tip cleaner first heat the soldering iron. Once clean and shiny perform tinning and now your tool is ready to use. I tried everything but solder just wouldnt flow over the whole tip.
The flux in the solder will help remove some of the corrosion. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron. This will slowly start to remove the oxidation present on the soldering iron.
Use a wet sponge during use. Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron. Now push the soldering iron right on where you want to clean solder off from the circuit board.
Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. I have recently as in less then a month ago obtained Multitip 25 ERSA Microsoldering iron with 0172BD10 tip. Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action.