Re: Soldering. Was: PG-380
| Newsgroups | gmane.music.equipment.midi-guitar |
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I tin my wd 1m just like you would any other iron.I'm using a WMRP micro pencil with the RT3 chisel tip & I swear it's like soldering with a ball point pen. It gives me surgeon like precision, I love this thing! Anyways, I put the heated tip into the tip tinner (you'll hear it sizzle) then wipe it across a damp sponge. I touch whatever solder I'm using at the time to the tip & wipe again & then I've got a nice clean iron ready for attack. The tinner is like a compound made with powered solder & flux, it removes that crusty oxidization build up formed on the tip & returns it to a state that makes your repairs much easier.Do you guys get solder blobs on the tip of your irons that you just cant shake, even after repeated wipings? Do you get black crusty build up that causes dirty solder joints? Try the tinner, it'll make those problems go away.Oh... & if you seem to be getting more solder sticking to your iron than the joint then that means you really need to try using some flux... Regards,Matt