How to clean Soldering Tip 

Or that it's 2M views strong or that I watched for as long as I did.

It's satisfying. And it's useful

Solder is life

I don't even own one and somehow I'm here

@@AntiqueLanternPro and without useless talking to fill the 15 minutes

Especially in Flint, Michigan.

Put Yucatán península on the list

...THAT'S THE TRUTH-!!!

Oh come on, baby. The tip is plenty clean.

California is out -20mg/l-

I swear, there will be a lot to learn, nobody will tell you the so called secrets of "soldering ("life")" you need to learn it yourself, I am 60 and still learning and learning to enjoy life. Androkavo has been doing a good teaching, you should see all his soldering videos ( specially how he pulls out the soldering Iron during sot package). Now I am planning to by a Binocular Mircoscope and a pencil iron, good one cost a lot and you Know... life goes on and nobody will know who you are.

soldering? my school teachers never seen a soldering iron. By Belarus And yea, I'm 19 and finish it 2 years ago...

​@@jamesmazarello4625people will know you are, so long as you put in the time and take the risk to reach out to them. Everything starts from nothing, especially friendships

Level 11: buy a new one, for god sake.

Lol, I agree with you. I'm usually using sandpaper. Angle grinder is too much. Edit: well, you can try this to clean solder tip with wet tissue.

So the wire brush would be level 7 then???

Well i use combination of 400 grit of sandpaper with cordless drill. acid based flux & tin

Level 11 Cut the Tip off with Angle Grinder 😀

how do you mean? And just put it away until next time? Without removing it until next time?

@@samfkt Yeah, put a big glob on there when you put your iron away. Protects the tip. When you turn it back on, add a little new solder and then clean the big glob off.

Solid advice, been doing this for a long time and have never had problems with tip maintenance!

Was looking for this comment.

I second this. You can also buy soldering tip tinner, looks like compresed gray sand.

Sogeking_X ....... Not Dedication.......Debauched F**king around a soldering tip. !!!

Pretty useless considering you can get new solder tip for like 0,5 usd. Good for bigger ones which can cost 2usd and more.

Considering without a solder we would not be here, its very propriate

@@heksogen4788 a clean tip lasts years, idk about you but I'd rather spend money on sponges and stuff to clean tips properly than buying a new tip every other month.

@@HentaiNat I was talking about anal people who care too much for a thing that isnt really worth that much. You need to strike some balance between tedium and cost.

Yup. This is How To Destroy Your Tip in 438 Easy Steps. Do not do this. Only the very tip of the tip is meant to be wettable (i.e. solder sticks to it). What you are watching this person do is scrape away the chromium coating on parts of the tip that are not meant to be wettable anyway. You do not want to do this to your tips. Do not go beyond level 2 of this "tutorial".

@@Zaphod0414 hi i never have bought anything in cleaning my solder tip, do i not scratch the tip to clean it? and did he use a kitchen sponge in the video?

@@amberrr6651 Going any more aggressive than using a sponge or brass wool is overkill. Stage 2 as described in this video is as far as you'd want to go. If the tip is still not usable after that, then it's toast and should be replaced. You can go nuclear and use sandpaper on a dead tip and get it somewhat working again, but this will only last a short time as the tip is pretty much destroyed at that point. I'm not sure what type of sponge is being used in this video. You can use a clean (i.e. brand new) kitchen sponge so long as it has no additives like detergents or plastic scrubby particles or any such nonsense. To be safe, it is generally recommended to get a sponge that is meant for soldering to avoid the possibility. The important part if using a sponge is that it be damp to prevent the sponge from burning. It should only be slightly damp, but not wet. So wring it out as much as you can after wetting it. A much better alternative to a sponge, though, is brass wool. It's cheap, requires no water, lasts a lot longer, doesn't suck as much heat out of the iron when used, and is all around much more effective.

Agree. This video must be titled anticlean. In fact it will ruin the solder fatal. Must be clean only in cellulose. That us all. Coper-end must be protect. If not you will buy new one soon.

Old soldering irons were bare copper & worked fine. I’ve used a bare copper tip plenty of times, of course solder will stick to it!

don't follow the level 3 tips, it'll destroy your soldering iron.

Good tin can be expensive. It may be economically better to buy new tip rather then to try to prolong it's life for 30 years. So there should be balance between clean and tinned states of the tip. In my experience if you use shavings (I do not use sponge at all) to clean it during use periodically not fanatically, you won't be experiencing "level 3" at all.

Sandra, that was the only correct answer. Besides buying a new tip once in a while ... ;-)

Tinning your tip means putting solder on it. Your not buying anything that you don’t have already. Yes you can purchase a tinning compound. However the use of solder for this has been around allot longer. Your manual for the iron should cover this. My main point thought is to prevent oxidation. Don’t let your tip get like this

+Arcstreams, Tips are copper underneath the plating. Copper erodes rather rapidly due to the activity of flux, and heat. Keeping a tip clean and tinned will give it the longest service life possible, and make perfect joints every time... As long as your technique is up to par!

You can see in the video that his tips have a thick layer of chromium. You can sand It a little.

Thats so wrong on so many occasions

Καλησπέρα Ηλία.Το 4ο βήμα αν δεν το κάνεις ποτέ τι μπορεί να συμβεί; Γιατί έχω ακούσει ότι δεν πρέπει να το βουτάς στην αλοιφή

@@dimitrisgoktsis5702 διευκολύνει να φύγουν οι "σκληρές" οξυδώσεις που προκαλούνται από την πάστα που υπάρχει στον πυρήνα της κόλλησης & σκληραίνουν αν μένει το κολλητήρι αναμμένο άσκοπα για ώρες. Χωρίς πάστα το βήμα 5) θέλει πολύ περισσότερο χρόνο & προσπάθεια. ΟΠΟΙΑΔΉΠΟΤΕ όμως ΜΑΚΡΥΑ ΑΠΟ ΛΙΜΕΣ. ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΥΝ την επικάλυψη της μύτης

@@gamiwv Ευχαριστώ για την άμεση απάντηση.Πχ εγώ που είμαι ηλεκτρολόγος κ το χρησιμοποιώ μόνο στις λεντοταινιες,όχι κάθε μέρα δηλαδή, πως θα καταλάβω κάθε πότε πρέπει να το βουτάω στην κρέμα;Κ όταν το βουτήξεις τι άλλο κάνεις μετά; Απλά ένα σκούπισμα;

@@dimitrisgoktsis5702 σκούπισμα "έντονο" πάνω σε χαρτί κουζίνας ή πάνω σε χαρτοσακούλα (από τις παλαιότερες. εκείνες τις καφέ που δεν είναι η επιφάνειά του λεία). Θα δεις - πριν την καθαρίσεις - πως η μύτη έχει πιάσει μαύρη σκληρή πατίνα & η κόλληση δεν μένει πάνω στη μύτη αλλά κάνει μικρή σταγόνα που πέφτει. Ωστόσο πάντα έχω πρόχειρη μια συρματόβουρτσα με μπρούτζινες τρίχες (μικρή. λίγο μεγαλύτερη από οδοντόβουρτσα). Μου διευκολύνει τη ζωή

@@gamiwv ευχαριστώ κ πάλι!Κρατάω την ιεροτελεστία της μύτης! Χαιρετώ

No pun intended

@@hnassrat How do you know no pun was intended?

Interesting

@UnQ Tom I have same experiences from soldering 6 years every day. Btw for others : Use the acid like in video be sure u do that 2 times and tip is gone…. Anyways Nice video

Quality material makes all the difference. Use the expensive irons, solder and flux

Andonstar ADSM201

Androkavo HEY DUDE WHAT SONG did you use? and goos video too but i woud rather buy a handle and a new tip i think this is too much process of cleaning it what do u think? anyways please let me know the song thanks good video

Ok

4:00 pixelated 1080p?

4:00 pixelated 1080p?

Next levels are only reached with a bad use of the soldering tip, so even if you don't use an abrasive, you maybe will have to buy another. Using an abrasive component doesn't matter that much here, and maybe you can still use your tip for a while

Tinning the tip before using makes a protective layer around the tip, when using again remove the tin and its good as new

dam doing soldering works for 50 years is kinda cool

@@Bwucey yes my father taught me electronics

Same

Any update?

Ideally the brass is covered in flux. There's some cheap ones on Amazon that come in a holder. I got the Hakko one for a decent price. You could just use that always and skip the sponge, since water exacerbates oxidation. I only use sponge while soldering, but before I drop the iron into the holder, or periodically while soldering, I always use the flux/brass cleaner and. And if it's going in the holder, put a huge amount of solder on the tip first. And just wipe it off and apply just a bit before you go to use it again. Especially if you won't be turning the iron off after setting it in the holder.

It´s the music.

Jhana probably! but also because each phase of the video is well commented with quality resolution .. and he is very good to soldering .. probably also uses good raw material to weld .. I find it hard to find solders that do not become dull and I have not yet try the Mechanic flux

Michele Dima yeah ur right its so calm

@@jhana.2023 No. I always mute the music and get the same effect. :)

And you still haven't seen the correct one.

NOOOO BRO DONT SAND THE TIP YOUR REMOVE THE COATING AND RUIN THE SOLDERING IRON NOOO

Use quality solder! It makes a world of difference.

@@goku445 in time brother... Thanks for the advise, in time I definitely will...

Yeah, I really want to who the artist is...

I c wat u did there! Spittake/10

Phrasing!

It's annoying

Holy shit its orgasmic i am goint to cum!!

🙋🏻‍♂️

@@modcore6425 lol 😂

I used a very fine sandpaper like 1000 grit and up i didn't notice a difference at soldering and its been clean for a long time and its still fine, some people said dont use sandpaper because you will end up removing a coating on the tip but i didn't notice a thing, maybe its just my soldering iron because its cheap so it doesn't have a coating

@@anxiety1209 the last part 🤣

ANTHONY CABALLERO may i simply know what company iron you use? Thanks

My first Iron was Model KX-30R from TAIYO ELECTRIC and it still do most of my job, I'm gonna upgrade probably to Hakko soon

Yeah, Nowerdays hakko's Are cheap Am i right Sorry for late reply :D I hope your new iron is going to be better for you And me dont even ask what iron i have :DDDD

Thanks :D

ANTHONY CABALLERO do u know what song is used in this video

Same haha.

Minecraft Gölü me too. Curious name, in my country we call it steel sponge or something like that... (Direct translation).

Same lol... Very cheap and works just fine

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss zoological?