How To Tin New Soldering Iron Tip

Now the iron will start decomposing the Sal and giving off clouds of HCl and ammonia smoke try not to breathe it its probably not good for you.

How to tin new soldering iron tip. When you unbox a brand new soldering iron the first thing you need to do is tin the iron plating on the tip to help protect it from oxidation. This step will coat the iron in a mixture of flux and solder. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder.

A short demonstration on how to tin a new soldering tip why tinning the soldering iron tip is important and how to clean up an older soldering iron tip. It will make your soldering iron long-lasting. Its been almost 30 years since Ive had to break in a new iron and I forgot the tricks.

Plug in the iron and switch it on. Same goes for the old soldering iron but in a. Use Plato Tip Tin TT-95 Tip TinnerCleaner.

Thats how you can tin your new soldering iron. You will want to tin your tips when you first purchase them before use when the iron is sitting idle in the holder during use and when you finish soldering before you pack your tips for storage. 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.

When you get a new soldering iron tip you should lower the temperature to about 70 of the temperature you normally use on the station considering the type of solder you use lead-tin or lead free. Wait till the Solder melts. Only apply flux to the surfaces of the connection to be soldered.

Do not wait for it to get hot before touching the solder to the tip. Bottom line is that you want it to actually work. I used a new soldering iron for the first time tonight to replace some potentiometers on a guitar.