How to Clean and Re Tin Your Soldering Iron

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2019
  • In this video I show you how to clean and re-tin your soldering iron tips. Proper car of soldering iron tips is a must for optimal performance of your iron. Poor heat transfer is the result of dirty, oxidized soldering iron tips. Here is how to fix that problem.
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Комментарии • 42

  • @RonsTrainsNThings
    @RonsTrainsNThings  4 года назад +1

    Now put that soldering iron to work. Here are some great videos about track work. Check them out: ruclips.net/p/PL05wIKjXooC2mn8ggooOTQFAoGO1ixQh9

  • @TheHoghed
    @TheHoghed 4 года назад

    Ron, watched your previous video and it made a world of difference in my soldering of my jig built switches. Thanks.

  • @roystudds1944
    @roystudds1944 3 года назад +5

    This couldn’t have come at a better time for me as I am having a nightmare doing a soldering job I did perfectly well a week ago, now I know it isn’t me going mad, I just hadn’t considered I needed to clean my soldering iron better. Thank you so much. Roy.

    • @RonsTrainsNThings
      @RonsTrainsNThings  3 года назад +1

      Well, I'm curious, did you get it cleaned and did it help?

    • @roystudds1944
      @roystudds1944 3 года назад

      @@RonsTrainsNThings got the stuff delivered yesterday and what an amazing transformation. Thank again. Will have to look at more of your videos to see what else I can learn. Thanks for following up. Roy.

  • @AgedAxes
    @AgedAxes 4 года назад

    Great video!! Good reminder to keep my tip clean!!

  • @mandbhomestead
    @mandbhomestead 4 года назад

    Thanks for great video on soldering iron maintenance. I did not know that block existed. I am going to check it out. Thanks for sharing. Ken

  • @stevearnold2304
    @stevearnold2304 4 года назад

    Nice video Ron. Very informative and helpful.

  • @JoeG-firehousewhiskey
    @JoeG-firehousewhiskey 4 года назад

    Great tips, thanks for the help!

  • @jolliemark6294
    @jolliemark6294 4 года назад +1

    Always good tips....thanks for sharing....Jack

  • @brucegiroux
    @brucegiroux 4 года назад +1

    Great information that most of us can use right away. Thank you Ron.

  • @newfenrisrailroad621
    @newfenrisrailroad621 4 года назад +4

    Hey Ron will be adding this to my folder on tool care as mine is new. Tks again for more tips of the modeling world.

  • @highballinghogger
    @highballinghogger 4 года назад +1

    Good tip Ron 👍

  • @davidstill1256
    @davidstill1256 4 года назад

    Very useful thank you.

  • @DuncSargent
    @DuncSargent 4 года назад

    Well that explains it! Thanks!

  • @stepheneckles2345
    @stepheneckles2345 5 месяцев назад

    Had my tip get oxidized and didn't have anything to clean it with but I have a rotary wire brush for my drill and maybe I just got lucky but I got it cleaned well enough to use it. Thanks for your video I will be cleaning all my tips soon

  • @jimtedesco
    @jimtedesco 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for a really useful soldering tip, Ron.

  • @reinaldopuig557
    @reinaldopuig557 7 месяцев назад

    Hi, your video is very interesting, I didn't know about the use of solid sal ammoniac for when the tip of the soldering iron starts to rust.
    Many years ago I saw in a workshop that they covered the tip of the soldering iron with silver, that is, with a small torch they melted the silver on the tip, it was always shiny after soldering. I think it is a good option although the silver is a bit expensive. Thanks.

  • @jbmorrow5390
    @jbmorrow5390 4 года назад

    Great info as usual - what about the other end of the tip (in the handle) - do you clean it or rely on the contact of the fastening to transfer the heet to the tip?

  • @mpelagio-engenharia
    @mpelagio-engenharia 11 месяцев назад +1

    I just clean with the sponge but sometimes, if I need better cleanning, I insert the hot tip into a Solder Paste and instantly it cleans the tip...

  • @davidmuse7004
    @davidmuse7004 4 года назад +1

    Get tip on the soldering irons tips, my are in pretty bad shape and need some care, this will help.
    Thank you Ron.
    Muse

  • @algum504
    @algum504 5 месяцев назад

    my question is does it matter what type of solder is used as protection when you finish soldering? we use non led solder on regular work.
    also i cannot seem to find solid sal ammoniac in my country. Its just ground for food and even that is non stocked.
    i used drill with sanding tip and lightly sanded oxidation from cold soldering tips, hopefully not damaging tips too much.
    but soldering iron we use just melted the tips after few days of use (jbc brand)

  • @manjuok750
    @manjuok750 День назад

    I want to know what can i do with my soldering iron because it is turned all copper, the tip is the only part which is blackish and everything else is just copper
    Do i have to get a new solder?
    I have a solder whose tip cannot be removed and is smaller and cheaper than yours

  • @sorrychangedmyusername3594
    @sorrychangedmyusername3594 2 года назад +3

    Protip: Never ever ever sand or try to even be abrasive with the tip.

  • @rdanscale3416
    @rdanscale3416 4 года назад

    Very Good Tips to point Ron.. If possible can you point out some Really Good Fume Extractors that a person can Buy outside of Amazon I'm not a Amazon shopper Hopefully there are Alternatives why I asked if you can point out Some you've probably done Quite a more Soldering than I although I did do my Share when I was in RC Cars Soldering the Motors and for the hooking up the Batteries.. I did this Work several years ago in a Garage the Ventilation was in abundance but now living in an apartment it's a bit hard.. that why I basically have a small sized Layout and I'm using KATO Unitrack and there power Joiners.. But that's all I wanted to Ask someday when I have the space to Grow a Garage perhaps I hope to have a Layout like you and other Great layouts I've seen on the Tube.!
    Take Care & Happy Halloween 🎃

  • @scotty6783
    @scotty6783 Год назад +1

    i just bought a soldering iron for first time and tried using it a few times (though i failed to fuse what i was attempting to) I wanted to know how to clean it. i keep seeing vids or articles using special sponges and other things i dont presently have.

    • @RonsTrainsNThings
      @RonsTrainsNThings  Год назад

      You don't need a special sponge. Any damp sponge will work great.

  • @watermains
    @watermains 4 года назад +1

    If there are links, I sure am not seeing them :(

  • @waynewagoner5521
    @waynewagoner5521 4 года назад +1

    Hi Ron, Good tips, I have the same model weller iron and need new tips, where do you get yours? Thank You

  • @alexandertechnau2049
    @alexandertechnau2049 3 года назад

    oh great, breathing in all that smoke an then being so conscientious and warning about that. yes, i see you, ron. i know who you are now.

  • @WaschyNumber1
    @WaschyNumber1 3 года назад +1

    🖖 👍

  • @jeffreyford3259
    @jeffreyford3259 4 года назад

    As usual,,,, GR8 tip Mr. Ron!! Thanks so much! I know this is a bit, ok, a lot off topic but being an expert, I'm modeling the UP, specifically the
    Keddie Wye, feather river canyon route and or Sherman Hill, Echo and Weber Canyon. I haven't made my mind up on either but I really like the feather river canyon for its scenery and such. Sorry I'm getting Carried away, my question is regarding a Trix Marklin big boy. If I'm reading correctly the Trix marklin big boy will run on to rail DCC ho where the marklin itself is built specifically for the three pick up design with the pins in the middle of the ties being the + or positive and the 2 rails being the - or negitive. I've read that the marklin locomotive does not have insulated Wheels thus the Marklin track with its center pickup is necessary, but is this also true for the Trix? Sorry for going off topic but was just needing some comformation. Thanks again for all your tips and help!
    Jeffrey

  • @cloverdalerail1093
    @cloverdalerail1093 4 года назад +2

    I’m #1

  • @richardbennett5115
    @richardbennett5115 Год назад

    Can't imagine how awful that ammonia block smells when you heat it

  • @alicomando1195
    @alicomando1195 3 месяца назад

    TIPS FOR CLEANING TIPS 😆

  • @IMRROcom
    @IMRROcom 4 года назад +2

    it is not a puppy

  • @debbant
    @debbant Год назад

    Almost everything you said about sal ammoniac is wrong. 1. Sal ammoniac is not acid. It is a salt. (ammonium chloride) 2. It is not solid ammonia. 3. Ammonia (ammonium hydroxide) is basic not acidic.

  • @alexandertechnau2049
    @alexandertechnau2049 3 года назад

    Your Iron Tips are really mediocre, use Weller. They have nice and thick shafts, not flimsy thin shafts like you have there. No i see you have Weller ...
    well, use Weller professional series. there you go.