Unable To Tin Soldering Iron Tip

Depending on the tip if plated you should not sand it but clean it well by using a damp cloth or net of steel wool then dip in flux and apply solder to the hot cleaned tip and it should tin up nicely.

Unable to tin soldering iron tip. If your soldering tip becomes detinned oxidized it can be restored in a number of ways. For best results roll or wipe the soldering tip at normal soldering temperature over the surface of the TMT-TC-2. When the iron is hot wipe both sides of the soldering tip on the sponge.

Plug in the iron and switch it on. A polyurethane foam bar with embedded abrasives which is used to polish the working end of the tip to remove surface oxides. My station is the 921zx with the 9211 iron.

If the tip is hot enough to melt solder and wont tin there is some sort of a coating which is keeping the solder from wetting the tip and alloying with the tip to tin it. Here youll learn how to properly tin a soldering iron tip why its important and how you should clean the tips of old soldering irons. All you need to do is heat your soldering iron up and touch the tip to the end of the wire you want tinned.

Ive successfully retinned several very bad irons like this. This diminishes the performance of your soldering iron. Wipe OFF the solder on the Cleaning Sponge or Copper Wool.

Use Plato Tip Tin TT-95 Tip TinnerCleaner. 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. Thermaltronics TMT-TC-2 Tip Tinners should be used when the soldering iron tip is unable to be re-tinned by using cored solder or normal electronic grade fluxes.

If a copper tip it is okay to sand or file it then dip in flux and tin as above. Then immediately re-tin the tip with rosin core solder. ANd of course if you dont tin the tip in the first place again letting it warm up and then melting solder on it.