Soldering Tip Maintenance 

How does this video not have more views? Definitely the best solder maintenance video I’ve seen.

Well done Pete ! We are happy to have you on board.

Pete starts like a boss!

Take a shot every time you hear oxidation

I solder everyday and was going through some tips kept thinking why won't this solder stick to the tip just kept beading up and causing troubles I think my biggest problem was not tinning it in between and would leave the iron running while doing stuff thnx great video

Great video! Pete knows what he’s taking about. I picked up a few tips I didn’t know. Thank you. I just wish there were some close up shots.

The pointed end of my soldering iron tips have always got eaten away gradually over time. And now I understand that it is primarily due to the heat and oxidation. Thanks a lot for sharing this information.

Good insight into the nitty gritty of soldering iron.First time i heard about all these things.Thx from India.

Super informative 👌 Thank you so much

Without fail, I violate EVERY RULE laid down here but have tips that have lasted years and look like they came out of the factory.

I have a Welles w100p for stained glass. Can I use a temperature controller. I find it gets to hot.

I'm watching this video 7 years later... I wonder how's Pete doing.

This video left me with questions. If you are doing metal work soldering, that uses solder with no flux, & has separate acid flux, then how do you go about this? This video spoke of letting the flux from the wire core clean the tip. I trust the expert totally; I just hope for more details, for different types of soldering. I just heard to not put acid flux on the soldering tip? (I esp have in mind lead free solder as well, with high percentage tin... or Weller new solder that has nickel in it? to tin the tip?)

Thanks.

I use filtered drinking tap water, is that fine?

So, is oxidation the reason my tips kept falling to pieces?

hi, please clarify in your video you are showing 500 F and not 500 C since it's not visible on the video. new people might crank their Celsius way up which is not a good idea. 500 F is only 260 C (low temperature)

great. you should have shown it while facing in the camera

Hi, i purchased this wes51 and with min use it became out of order, the red led lits continuously no heat, can you please send the the details of heater element ohms and sensor ohms resistance so that i could able to check the iron element continuty and sensor reading and if it matches with your resistance reading i can check inside the controller unit. Just send me the wes51 iron 5 pin heater element and sensor resistance in ohms to check the iron first.

Can't Find any instructions in Weller WSB25HK 25-Watt nor RU-vid/online how to swap the tip!

My Weller woodbruning pen coil come apart

We dont have that multi functional soldering station and accessories here in Pakistan, if we manage to find a good store selling it, they worth more than my kidney 😭😭😭

anyone know why my solder was turning into mozzarella cheese? Not sure what to compare it to, but it didn't turn into liquid, and my tips crumbled. I was at around 300-350°C

I am watching this in school for a door alarm project

We sure needed the music and the woman sitting there throughout the whole time... Certainly couldn't have done without

why do these good information videos always have horrible music playing?

You would take my we1010na back from me if you seen my tip lol. But it still works great.

The instruction manual you get with the device is total bullshit. This video is the only decent instruction that I can find.

I still haven't managed to make the solder turn into silver blobs and the metal of my iron has gone all rainbow coloured, oops!

It's a little unsettling that the director is trying to get shots without eye contact

Why is there a silent L in American for Solder?

mine is squeaking

1:45 ... phuuuh... she agrees, so then we know it's true...

It's not SODERING but "soldering" there is a L in solder.