How To Clean Soldering Iron After Use
Just use a pair of plyers to undo the nut pull the tip out and put in the holder.
How to clean soldering iron after use. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool. For most tip wiping I use a damp cellulose sponge with slits cut in it. Other surface oxides are easier to remove and for.
You should push the soldering iron from the tip to down for cleaning. 20181018_144137jpg 27402381 304 MB. Then push it on a clean sponge for cleaning.
Did this twenty years ago for a stubborn wart it never came back. Now remove the tip and clean it with a moist sponge to remove the cleaner. Then dip the tip in the cleaner and do a slight twist action.
As a last ditch kind of thing Ive been known to go after a badly corroded tip using. Insert the Tip in Good Quality Tip Tinner. This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use.
Thrust the iron tip into the tip cleaner a few times till it has an even coat of solder. Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.
Then dip into the tin of tinner cleaner with a slight twisting action. How to clean and re tin your soldering iron - YouTube. To use the Tip tinnercleaner heat the soldering iron.