How To Prepare New Solder Tip
2 clean the tip.
How to prepare new solder tip. Tinning not only protects the tip from rust and degeneration but it also allows heat to transport better through the presence of new solder. Solder as they are used. Oxidation is the biggest enemy of soldering tips.
When the iron is fresh it is solder coated probably by first coating the tip with high temperature silver solder. Do not wait for it to get hot before touching the solder to the tip. To maintain the performance of any soldering iron tip a simple maintenance procedure is recommended.
After each soldered connection clean the tip on the sponge after getting the sponge damp. Its also recommended that operators - do not rub the tip on the metals to be joined also do not add solder directly to the tip - proper soldering requires that the operator feed solder to the joint. View all chisel soldering iron tips here.
If you are taking good care of your soldering iron it would last longer than usual. Do not apply any downward or sideways pressure on the pad the weight of the hand-piece tip is sufficient. Operate at the lowest possible temperature 800F 427C or lower.
Keep in mind you should lower the temperature down to about 500F for this process. The tip is now tinned and ready for use. The trick is to apply the solder AS its heating up.
That would give the tip time to burn which from the sounds of it is exactly what happened. If you dont already have one its a good idea to invest in a tip cleaning sponge. As long as you.