How To Re Tin A Soldering Iron Tip

Tinning usually entails adding a small layer of solder on another metal.

How to re tin a soldering iron tip. Apply a small bead of solder to the copper part of the tip. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. At this point you have made a little hole in the block and you want to feed in a little solder keep rubbing it around and the tip will be re-tinned.

Never apply flux directly to a soldering iron tip. Repeat the Process 3-4 Times until the Soldering Tips start Shining. After a minute or two the iron should be hot enough to steam when touched to the sponge.

You should thus hold the iron in one hand while holding the soldering iron the other. Soak the sponge using the water squeeze it out a little then use it to clean the tip of the soldering iron. Wipe away any excess solder on the damp sponge.

Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. Consequently get these two to come into contact with each for a split second on all the sides of the soldering irons tip. Sit for a few minutes before wiping it clean.

It also minimizes exposure beyond the surface of the tip. When the iron is hot wipe both sides of the soldering tip on the sponge. Use a cellulose sponge to wipe off the tip of the soldering iron.

Hold the solder to the tip while its heating up to make sure you tin the tip before it has a chance to turn black. The trick is to apply the solder AS its heating up. If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways.