Good video, and I've been soldering electronics for 55 years! I feel I should reiterate that the reason that copper is used as the preferred base metal for soldering iron tips is because it has excellent heat transfer characteristics; but unfortunately many of the cheap tips sold in bulk online are made of steel or iron throughout and have far inferior heat transfer charactistics which make it more likely that you will heat-damage the board because fully iron or steel tips will take longer to solder connections, and you can cause the foils to delaminate from the board. Tips made of a solid magnetic material can also induce current and voltages in sensitive components and damage them. You can check your tips with a magnet and they should only be attracted to the magnet at the pointy business end and not at the back end of the tips. There's a video on my channel where I demonstrate this. The pointy end of the tip needs to be plated with iron because unlike copper, which is easily dissolved into the solder and flux, iron will allow the solder to wet to it but isn't so easily dissolved. It's always best to buy your solder, flux and tips from an authorized electronics specialty distributor based in the country where you live instead of ordering them from Amazon, Banggood, Ali Express or whatever. PS, I strongly prefer the brass wool as a tip cleaner compared to the sponge which can create stress fractures in the tip plating; some people also saturate the sponge so much that steam comes up from it when they wipe the tip, and that's definitely doing it wrong!
Very informative video, thank you! I’ve been soldiering for years now and I learned things from this five minute video that I was doing to oxidize my soldering iron tip and causing them to wear out prematurely. Thank you for sharing your expertise and creating this very informative video!
@@krmdhn, He's using flux-core electronics solder to "tin" the tip. He doesn't say if he's using lead-bearing or lead-free solder here, but lead bearing solder is roughly 60% tin and 40% lead (or a similar alloy percentage) and has rosin, which is a purified pine tree sap, inside the solder. If you are working with lead-free solder and the circuit boards you work on are made with lead-free solder then you want to tin the tip with that instead , and lead-free solder uses a very different type of internal flux (more corrosive, unfortunately, and electrically conductive). I don't recommend lead free solder for use by people who are new to soldering because it's very difficult to work with compared to leaded solder: requires a higher temperature to melt and flow it effectively, it eats up soldering tips more frequently, the flux fumes are particularly caustic and unpleasant to breathe, and any flux residue left behind can cause problems (rosin flux is inert, doesn't cause corrosion and doesn't conduct unless the circuit has high voltages, but lead-free fluxes may become corrosive and corrosive). Note that resoldering leaded-solder connections with lead-free solder, or vice versa, will usually result in a very grainy looking and poor quality connection. Best to remove all the existing solder first before resoldering a troublesome connection. Adding additional flux can sometimes be helpful for use with either type of solder, but If you buy a bottle, syringe or can of flux be sure it is the correct type to match the type of solder you are using. You should also be aware that most of the inexpensive tips being sold online are not made of plated copper but instead are iron or steel throughout, which means they will have poor thermal transfer/conductivity and force you to spend more time on each individual solder joint in order to get a reliable connection; and that can lead to delaminating the copper foils right off of the board 😳. Tips made of Iron or steel can also induce voltages into sensitive components and damage them. You can tell good tips from bad ones by use of a magnet ( see video on my channel). Tips should only be magnetic at the pointy business end due to the iron plating mentioned in this video. PS, rosin flux can be removed with pure alcohol, but leadfree fluxes are usually removable with distilled water.
@@goodun2974 thank you so much for your help & explanation! To be honest I didn't even know the kind of solder I bought, lead-free or not, etc. We bought a cheap one from Kenmaster and only use it to make holes on flower pot. The fumes were so bad! I make sure to open the window and turn on the fan. Although it's not the best solder, I want to take care of it so it won't easily broken, dirty, or dull & make the job harder to be done..
Completely new here. I just dropped $250 on a soldering gun, heat gun, voltage meter, tray, helping hands, heat gun holder, solder, soldering wick, tip tinner, extra tips, sponges, wire sponges, all the fun stuff, etc., online. It should be here within the week. Now I have never even held a soldering gun before, but by the end of next month I'll be tearing into all my broken electronics hahaha. Im about to be living every nerdy kids dream. 😈😈 Anyways, im here just researching and looking for tips and ways to solder smartly and correctly and looking for things I might need but missed on Amazon.
What a great video! Priceless knowledge. Thank you very much.A moment before I saw a video of a man scrubbing a soldering tip with a file! :( :( :( Don't do that people. It will destroy the tip.
Solder is traditionally made of about 60% tin, 40% lead (the ratio may vary) and includes rosin flux inside the solder. Leadfree solder substitutes other metals for the lead, uses different and particularly unpleasant caustic,corrosive fluxes, and in my experience is far harder to work with for the average hobbyist.
i dont have a weller but im having an issue. i can tin parts of the soldering iron but other parts it just pool up and falls off or melts on the untinned part and pools up where it is tinned resulting in very uneven tinning of the soldering iron tip.
The soldering iron tip is too oxidized to accept solder. Assuming that the was well made of appropriate metals and isn't too badly worn/pitted/corroded, and assuming you haven't taken a file to it, you may be able to restore it by use of a typical "tinning block" which is usually made of powdered tin or powdered solder mixed with a caustic chemical (usually ammonium chloride, aka salt ammoniac,). If the plating on the tip has been worn down to bear copper or you've filed away the iron coating that is supposed to be there , then you will need to buy a new tip. Unfortunately there are a lot of poorly made tips on the market and buying them through Amazon, AliExpress, Banggood or other online sellers will typically get you cheap garbage for a dollar or two apiece. Buy solder, tips and flux only from reputable distributors in the country where you live. Check out your replacement tips with a magnet as per the video on my channel; only the pointy business end should be magnetic.
PS, if your iron is too hot, this can also cause solder to ball up and not "wet" to the tip. The hotter the temperature the faster the tip oxidizes and builds up a layer that rejects solder. Repeated attempts to solder with a tip that is too hot may damage it prematurely even if it's made of good quality materials.
Just one caveat ---- dont buy any *red* Weller soldering iron or equipment; its their lowest quality product line but it's not even all that cheap. On my channel I compared a red Weller to a Harbor Freight Schneider soldering station that costs $20 less and is better designed, a much better buy.
I know, and you name stuff different too like your more to the point like pavement vs sidewalk and windscreen , windshield. it takes the biscuit!@@Grid56
@@Grid56, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, both "sod-dur" and "Soul-dur" are correct acceptable pronunciations. Brits drop letters as well: say *subtle* with a pronounced letter B for me. I'll wait!
you expecting her to do cartwheels and backflips? its an informational video... she gave the introduction and watched attentively. not everyone has to act like an insufferable influencer. wheres your videos of you at work flipping your burger patties? I wanna see how gleefully excited you are about scrubbing the grill and manning the deep frier so I can leave a few comments for your manager to read
@@catharperfect7036, From the French word sodure. The Oxford English dictionary says that both sod-dur and soul-dur are acceptable, correct pronunciations.
I can't believe how underrated this information is...
Good video, and I've been soldering electronics for 55 years! I feel I should reiterate that the reason that copper is used as the preferred base metal for soldering iron tips is because it has excellent heat transfer characteristics; but unfortunately many of the cheap tips sold in bulk online are made of steel or iron throughout and have far inferior heat transfer charactistics which make it more likely that you will heat-damage the board because fully iron or steel tips will take longer to solder connections, and you can cause the foils to delaminate from the board. Tips made of a solid magnetic material can also induce current and voltages in sensitive components and damage them. You can check your tips with a magnet and they should only be attracted to the magnet at the pointy business end and not at the back end of the tips. There's a video on my channel where I demonstrate this. The pointy end of the tip needs to be plated with iron because unlike copper, which is easily dissolved into the solder and flux, iron will allow the solder to wet to it but isn't so easily dissolved. It's always best to buy your solder, flux and tips from an authorized electronics specialty distributor based in the country where you live instead of ordering them from Amazon, Banggood, Ali Express or whatever. PS, I strongly prefer the brass wool as a tip cleaner compared to the sponge which can create stress fractures in the tip plating; some people also saturate the sponge so much that steam comes up from it when they wipe the tip, and that's definitely doing it wrong!
Very informative video, thank you! I’ve been soldiering for years now and I learned things from this five minute video that I was doing to oxidize my soldering iron tip and causing them to wear out prematurely. Thank you for sharing your expertise and creating this very informative video!
Hi! can you help me? is the tin wire made of lead, copper, or anything else?
@@krmdhn, He's using flux-core electronics solder to "tin" the tip. He doesn't say if he's using lead-bearing or lead-free solder here, but lead bearing solder is roughly 60% tin and 40% lead (or a similar alloy percentage) and has rosin, which is a purified pine tree sap, inside the solder. If you are working with lead-free solder and the circuit boards you work on are made with lead-free solder then you want to tin the tip with that instead , and lead-free solder uses a very different type of internal flux (more corrosive, unfortunately, and electrically conductive).
I don't recommend lead free solder for use by people who are new to soldering because it's very difficult to work with compared to leaded solder: requires a higher temperature to melt and flow it effectively, it eats up soldering tips more frequently, the flux fumes are particularly caustic and unpleasant to breathe, and any flux residue left behind can cause problems (rosin flux is inert, doesn't cause corrosion and doesn't conduct unless the circuit has high voltages, but lead-free fluxes may become corrosive and corrosive). Note that resoldering leaded-solder connections with lead-free solder, or vice versa, will usually result in a very grainy looking and poor quality connection. Best to remove all the existing solder first before resoldering a troublesome connection.
Adding additional flux can sometimes be helpful for use with either type of solder, but If you buy a bottle, syringe or can of flux be sure it is the correct type to match the type of solder you are using. You should also be aware that most of the inexpensive tips being sold online are not made of plated copper but instead are iron or steel throughout, which means they will have poor thermal transfer/conductivity and force you to spend more time on each individual solder joint in order to get a reliable connection; and that can lead to delaminating the copper foils right off of the board 😳. Tips made of Iron or steel can also induce voltages into sensitive components and damage them. You can tell good tips from bad ones by use of a magnet ( see video on my channel). Tips should only be magnetic at the pointy business end due to the iron plating mentioned in this video. PS, rosin flux can be removed with pure alcohol, but leadfree fluxes are usually removable with distilled water.
@@goodun2974 thank you so much for your help & explanation!
To be honest I didn't even know the kind of solder I bought, lead-free or not, etc.
We bought a cheap one from Kenmaster and only use it to make holes on flower pot. The fumes were so bad! I make sure to open the window and turn on the fan.
Although it's not the best solder, I want to take care of it so it won't easily broken, dirty, or dull & make the job harder to be done..
Completely new here. I just dropped $250 on a soldering gun, heat gun, voltage meter, tray, helping hands, heat gun holder, solder, soldering wick, tip tinner, extra tips, sponges, wire sponges, all the fun stuff, etc., online. It should be here within the week. Now I have never even held a soldering gun before, but by the end of next month I'll be tearing into all my broken electronics hahaha. Im about to be living every nerdy kids dream. 😈😈 Anyways, im here just researching and looking for tips and ways to solder smartly and correctly and looking for things I might need but missed on Amazon.
Thanks for sharing this video & information. I’ve been soldering over 50 years now but learned so much from this video.
Great video.Learned how to solder my wires on my guitar installing new pickups.Thanks.Gonna get me a soldering station.
What a great video! Priceless knowledge. Thank you very much.A moment before I saw a video of a man scrubbing a soldering tip with a file! :( :( :( Don't do that people. It will destroy the tip.
This video is better than others 💎 nice job, thanks for your help
Nice job matching your top to the Weller logotype.
AWESOME VALUABLE INFORMATION! Thank you!
splendid upload Arrow Electronics. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Maintain up the superb work.
Great information, thanks for this video
Weller ❤❤good videos
Thank you!
I wish I'd bought this station. I dont like flipping the holder around though. I'd rather have both out and available.
Thank you. 👍
Great video Thank you for video
English is not my first language, can anyone please help me what is the tin wires made of?
Solder is traditionally made of about 60% tin, 40% lead (the ratio may vary) and includes rosin flux inside the solder. Leadfree solder substitutes other metals for the lead, uses different and particularly unpleasant caustic,corrosive fluxes, and in my experience is far harder to work with for the average hobbyist.
Great video
Good information, torture with the back ground music
i dont have a weller but im having an issue. i can tin parts of the soldering iron but other parts it just pool up and falls off or melts on the untinned part and pools up where it is tinned resulting in very uneven tinning of the soldering iron tip.
The soldering iron tip is too oxidized to accept solder. Assuming that the was well made of appropriate metals and isn't too badly worn/pitted/corroded, and assuming you haven't taken a file to it, you may be able to restore it by use of a typical "tinning block" which is usually made of powdered tin or powdered solder mixed with a caustic chemical (usually ammonium chloride, aka salt ammoniac,). If the plating on the tip has been worn down to bear copper or you've filed away the iron coating that is supposed to be there , then you will need to buy a new tip. Unfortunately there are a lot of poorly made tips on the market and buying them through Amazon, AliExpress, Banggood or other online sellers will typically get you cheap garbage for a dollar or two apiece. Buy solder, tips and flux only from reputable distributors in the country where you live. Check out your replacement tips with a magnet as per the video on my channel; only the pointy business end should be magnetic.
PS, if your iron is too hot, this can also cause solder to ball up and not "wet" to the tip. The hotter the temperature the faster the tip oxidizes and builds up a layer that rejects solder. Repeated attempts to solder with a tip that is too hot may damage it prematurely even if it's made of good quality materials.
I assume he’s using Fahrenheit when talking about 500degrees? Correct?
I believe so. I tinned mine yesterday at about 300 C which is about 575 F, close enough I guess?
Yes approx 260 Centigrade.
lol yeah of course.
Thanks.
is it ok to sand or file the tip?
No it will remove the coating
Just one caveat ---- dont buy any *red* Weller soldering iron or equipment; its their lowest quality product line but it's not even all that cheap. On my channel I compared a red Weller to a Harbor Freight Schneider soldering station that costs $20 less and is better designed, a much better buy.
is the L in solder silent?
Only in the US. They like losing letters, don't get me started on aluminum color etc.
I know, and you name stuff different too like your more to the point like pavement vs sidewalk and windscreen , windshield. it takes the biscuit!@@Grid56
@@Grid56, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, both "sod-dur" and "Soul-dur" are correct acceptable pronunciations. Brits drop letters as well: say *subtle* with a pronounced letter B for me. I'll wait!
It comes from the French word soudure....
@@goodun2974 thanks I'm glad sodering & soldering are the same thing cos I bought the equipment!🥽
Can this be used for permanent jewelry?
Why is the girl there?
sardering?
No it's sawdering
lol@@danielscheive7619
bad camera work, otherwise good video
You're saying solder wrong. It isn't sarrder.
sawderwing
The Oxford English Dictionary says that both sod-dur and soul-der are correct and acceptable pronunciations.
Just me, or was that chick SPACED OUT AND BORED through a lot of it!?...dang funny.
you expecting her to do cartwheels and backflips? its an informational video... she gave the introduction and watched attentively. not everyone has to act like an insufferable influencer. wheres your videos of you at work flipping your burger patties? I wanna see how gleefully excited you are about scrubbing the grill and manning the deep frier so I can leave a few comments for your manager to read
@@safetydepartment Pff' 🤭 Bwahaha' 😂 🙈😂 Hahaha' 🤣 😭
@@safetydepartment hilarious" 🙀💬 Ah'haha Hah, Ha`haha. Lol
I got fed up after 20 seconds of mispronounced the word, SOLDER. You are missing the letter L !!!
As in "I've finished my work , now I'm soddering off " 😂😂
I believe it's because the word came from French, so some nations include the L, often in America they don't.
@@catharperfect7036, From the French word sodure. The Oxford English dictionary says that both sod-dur and soul-dur are acceptable, correct pronunciations.