Unable To Tin Soldering Iron Tip

Once that is done touch the solder to the end of the wire and let it melt and cover the wire end.

Unable to tin soldering iron tip. Keep trying to melt the solder on the paste wet tip as you must tin it before it becomes too hot that it burns out the paste. A polyurethane foam bar with embedded abrasives which is used to polish the working end of the tip to remove surface oxides. Never sand or file a tip.

This most likely is oxidation. Repeat the Process 3-4 Times until the Soldering Tips start Shining. ANd of course if you dont tin the tip in the first place again letting it warm up and then melting solder on it.

Once that layer is gone you will have copper exposed that oxidizes so quickly when heated that it will be unusable. To allow the tip to work it is plated with Iron which will. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool.

Clear a work area then grab your soldering iron a solder sponge and water. If you over-clean the tip after use and then leave the iron in the holder there is a slight risk of oxide on the iron plating - I always clean and tin the tip immediately before using and leave any residual solder on the tip while its in the holder. How to Tin or Re-Tin Soldering Iron Tip.

For best results roll or wipe the soldering tip at normal soldering temperature over the surface of the TMT-TC-2. Use Plato AB-3 polishing bar. Even when the iron is standing unused the tip could be depleted of flux and solder as a result of heat.

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. Rubbing with some sort of abrasive like sandpaper to get down to shiny copper and then a bit of flux and it will tin up nicely. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.