92% of people apply the soldering iron incorrectly. That's why it doesn't Solder !

[@OldJoe212]

47 years as a phone guy in a central office. I went through pounds of solder. When tinning a wire end or soldering a splice, always heat from the bottom and apply solder from the top if possible. Also, apply a coating of fresh solder to your iron's tip just before unplugging it. This way, your tip is nicely tinned when you heat it up and you'll be ready to solder right away.

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for the feedback !!

[@stereodreamer23]

My father worked for C&P/Bell Atlantic his whole life, and this is exactly how he taught me to solder! Iron under the wire, solder on top. I was soldering hobbyist circuit boards before I was in Middle School!

[@craig7083]

40 years in the CO here too!

[@fastone371]

@@stereodreamer23 I was going to ask why not hold the solder iron under the wire and add solder to the top. I have not soldered nearly as much as you I'm sure but that's how I do it. I also like to use a wider tip for larger wire as in the video.

[@TheCommo81]

My father was one too. He taught me to solder. He retired in 2005 as a COT.

[@johncoenraads9681]

Generally good advice but may I suggest that a small chisel tip is much more versatile and better suited to this type of soldering in terms of heat transfer. Secondly, apply the flat side of the tip to the underside of the wire (hot air rises) briefly touch the solder to the contact point between the wire and the tip to establish a thermal bridge, wait two seconds for the wire to heat up and then, and only then, apply solder to the top of the wire and let gravity pull it down. Also I like to work with a fairly hot iron which allows one to get in and out fast before melting the insulation.

[@geoffmorgan6059]

Yes!, and use a small amount of electrical grade flux (rosin based, never acid) to the joint. The flux in the core is often not that effective. The old "Oatey" brand was great, not sure about today's products since the EPA and California are always "finding" a new carcinogen. I use dry Scotchbrite to clean the tip.

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

In my experience, the method he is using is perfect for small wire gauges and consider, when soldering electronic components, you must be sure you don't overheat the connectors or you fry the circuit in the chip or transistor. Wetting the tip with solder increases heat transfer and if you apply the solder to the other side of the heated wire or component, the solder will suck in toward the heat filling all gaps and you get a nice non-oxidized solder joint very rapidly so you can pull the heat away. I appreciate your experience with heavier wire and larger components requiring chisel tips and note that sometimes I sure should consider using one. I have not done much work with heavier gauge wire or components.

[@wvincus5522]

Correct!

[@Repairman10169]

Yes i agree with your tips ! Thanks for commenting!

[@johncoenraads9681]

Let me add one more detail that I think is important and that is to use a small diameter solder. I use 0.8 mm diameter solder with 2.0 % flux for all my soldering. The smaller diameter gives you greater control over the amount of solder being deposited and also reduces the amount of heat being sucked away while the joint is being made. I've also never felt the need to add additional flux. It's a light hearted bone of contention between me and my organ builder friend whom I accuse of using "plumbing" solder. (He's actually very skilled and our record of making cold solder joints is just about the same.)

[@MrGul]

Out of those 92% I'm probably 90%. I really SUCK at soldering iron use and even more so at maintenance. This was VERY illuminating, so big thanks!

[@Repairman10169]

Glad it helps 👍 thanks 👋

[@CreativeTopTrick]

"This video was really helpful! The information about 92% of people using soldering irons incorrectly helps people realize common mistakes. You communicated clearly and easily, helping viewers improve their soldering skills. Thank you for sharing valuable tips to help us use soldering irons more effectively! Looking forward to your next videos!"

[@takamushinagamoto5086]

Extremely interesting ! Very good tutorial .Thanks 👍

[@JAY-fq7sb]

Great tips. My dad taught me years ago how to use an iron correctly. He used flux paste to get the solder to "move in" faster to the wire. I still have it today it works still. Also, another tip. When using heat shrink. No since in using a flame or torch to shrink it. Use the soldering iron shaft to heat the shrink tube. No more blistering or melted insulation. Just a nicely heat shrink tube over your fresh solder job. 😊👍

[@Repairman10169]

👍

[@goodun2974]

A hairdryer or heatgun is the best choice for shrinking the tubing because it shrinks it evenly all the way around. Using your soldering iron for this will work but the heat can't be applied as evenly, not as evenly, and it's possible to melt the heat shrink tubing in places. It should also be clarified to never use the *tip* of the soldering iron to shrink the tubing because even a smidgen of plastic residue left on the tip will be difficult to remove and make it harder for you to solder with it.

[@JAY-fq7sb]

@@goodun2974 I did say to use the shaft. And on most applications, using a heat gun would be ok. Though on what I do with small wires for remote LED light switches in 3d prints the heat gun would heat the plastic too much. It could cause the item to warp or melt. Having direct heat in a small area would be better for delicate applications such as this. This is how I figured out this method. Because my butane torch was throwing out way too much heat to be used in these small plastic areas. I didn't want to risk damaging the item and having to 3d print another.

[@goodun2974]

@@JAY-fq7sb , All valid points, although now that you've provided details it's obvious you're doing specialty soldering that is very different from splicing a couple of wires here as shown in the video! I was an audio repair bench tech for 20 years and I frequently had to upgrade incandescent lamps and bulbs in vintage receivers to LED's which sometimes required me to splice and heat shrink wires very very close to the tuner's dial string ---- One wrong move and the soldering iron would melt through that string in a nanosecond and then I'd have to restring the tuner, which is not something you'd ever want to do unless you absolutely had to (I've restring a radio or receiver two or three times in 50 years of electronics). I used a hot air pencil to shrink the tubing because it gave me a nice tightly controlled hot air pattern.

[@JAY-fq7sb]

@@goodun2974 Yep, those small hot air pencils are nice. I don't a lot of wiring, but if I did. I definitely may check into getting one. I can identify with the thin wires. 🙂👍 I just have a few things I 3d print that I have to wire and those are not huge sellers.

[@markthompson9870]

I found this video informative and easy to follow. Top marks!

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching !

[@user-et1jn7iu5p]

thanks for the video...knowledge is power...

[@Repairman10169]

Thx for watching

[@garsyca]

Gracias por compartir tu experiencia !! 👍👍

[@Repairman10169]

Gracias a ti por ver ! Saludos !

[@fasum3683]

Un grand merci j' ai nettement amélioré mes soudures 🙏🙏

[@Repairman10169]

Merci 🙏

[@KitLaughlin]

I learned more about soldering in this short video than all of the other ones that I have watched. Thank you - the principles are now clear.

[@Repairman10169]

Glad it was useful and thx for watching !

[@kydelastra]

Watch more, this video gives terrible advice.

[@KitLaughlin]

@@kydelastra I watched the whole video. Please point out the poor advice, in your experience.

[@oantech4252]

Some more tips... Use distilled water instead of tap water for your sponge to keep out minerals, chlorine and other contaminants. Use a chisel tip for joining wires instead of a pencil tip for better heat transfer and solder flow. Pencil tips are mainly for soldering pins on circuit boards. Pre-Tin each wire before joining the two wires in a splice for better penetration into the core of the solder joint. Use no clean flux core solder. For best results in avoiding long-term corrosion, wash the joint of residual flux with alcohol afterward. Keep alcohol and flammable liquids AWAY from the hot soldering iron. Cover the finished splice with shrink tube, add a toothpick or a q-tip core as a splint under the shrink tube to protect it from bending/breaking.

[@Repairman10169]

Great tips ! Thanks

[@Invention.No1]

Great ideas! Thanks for share

[@pfsantos007]

Best concise video on the subject. Saved under favorites.

[@Repairman10169]

Glad You liked 👍 thanks for watching 👋

[@byronharano2391]

Now i see all my errors! This helped a whole lot. Now i can solder with a bit more confidence

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks 👍

[@fonwoolridge]

Thanks - Ill try the sponge trick.... I just use my spring like holder.... but was pleased to see everything else I do pretty much confirmed - thanks!

[@Repairman10169]

thanks for watching !

[@Mike40M]

All as per textbook. Really good. Except the title. Though the 92% who should see it, don't know difference between soldering and welding A common mistake is to hold one wire with your hand. Hand vibrations creates larger crystals when tin solidifies.Weaker bond, prone to fail. Another common mistake is applying more solder and heating too long time. Making tin creeping out in the wire. Makes a stranded wire stiff. Vibrations will break it. From soldering course attended before allowed to work on military spec equipment. Long time ago.

[@Repairman10169]

Great 👍 thanks for your feedback,👍👋👋

[@larsord9139]

Also some instructions come with something like this: "Hold one wire with one hand and the other wire with another hand and the solder with another hand and the soldering iron with another hand", I don't know about you, but I run out of hands.

[@cramersclassics]

Excellent video! I've made all those mistakes and more. Love the music too... reminds me of the Vince Guaraldi, Charlie Brown music of my youth. Subscribed.

[@Repairman10169]

Glad you found it helpful!🙏👋

[@ליאור-ח9ו]

Thank you very much! Great tips ⛓️‍💥

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching 👍👋

[@1985230ce]

Additional flux is helpful. Once when working on an vintage car the wire was heavily tarnished and the soldier wouldn’t flow well. I applied paste flux and heated it and wiped it off several times. When the wire was shiny the solder flowed like it should. My normal practice is to dip the wire into paste flux and wipe off the excess. This assures that the solder flows well. The electrical guy at work uses liquid flux and gets nice joints.

[@Repairman10169]

Hi, thanks for the feedback 👍

[@nicholasmason8302]

Thanks - I have some repair talents, but soldering has never been one of them - I've encountered most of the problems on here. I'll give these a try. 👍

[@Repairman10169]

👍

[@kbjerke]

I find soldering to be therapeutic. Before I got into aviation, and associated electronic components, I was a security alarm technician, and got to smell lots of rosin, LOL I am also a trained and certified Aircraft "solderer." 🙂 Your examples are pretty much "spot-on." Thanks for the video!

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching and commenting !

[@gerywilliams6263]

Your work is as beautiful as your music. Nice demo. Thank you!

[@Repairman10169]

Glad You liked and thanks for watching 👍👋

[@V70170]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@Repairman10169]

👍👍

[@windyrotorblast]

It is as if you have watched me try to solder. Those are my hands in each scene that shows a red X. Thank you for posting this. I'm gonna go try some of those examples on my bench today.

[@Repairman10169]

😊😊👌👋

[@readrepairs]

Useful. Will try the scourer method...

[@Repairman10169]

👍👏

[@satyapermaculture]

Merci j'ai appris des choses, ça va me servir !

[@imhoi1269]

Very smart thanks sharing

[@antonioyanez7328]

Dios lo bendiga por compartir su conocimiento.!!

[@Repairman10169]

¡Que Dios te bendiga también!

[@SassyXR6007]

Great video! Soldering isn't as simple as people think. One thing, for bigger items to solder we need to make sure it's hot, then apply solder

[@Repairman10169]

👍🙏👋👋

[@15FDX068]

Thank you. ery much for the tip's

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching !

[@KamArte-x4d]

Thank you very much !

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching !

[@larsrons7937]

Thank you for sharing. These were useful tips.

[@Repairman10169]

🙏👋

[@liyuetyee]

Learnt, very smart thanks sharing

[@Repairman10169]

🙏👋

[@MrKobyp7]

Thank you so much this video very helped me

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks 👍

[@michaelpeterson3354]

Very informative yet concise. Soldering has always been hit and miss for me, but I expect you video will improve my success. Also, I have to add that one of the best things about your video that sets it apart from nearly any other instructional video (regardless of the subject matter) is your format. Big plus is NO TALKING! Nice light music, clear close-up demonstration of Dos and Don'ts, backed up with just the right amount of text. Completely avoids the mistakes most KZbinrs make in instructional videos....which are: way much talking, too little instructing, bad camera work, and bad editing. THANK YOU and WELL DONE!

[@Repairman10169]

Glad you liked ! thx

[@altamirsantos786]

Bom trabalho e boas ideias. Good Idea.

[@Repairman10169]

Obrigado !

[@phbrinsden]

Nicely presented tutorial.

[@Repairman10169]

Glad you liked !

[@evilroyslade2491]

I've been doing it wrong. Thanks.

[@henryshadowjet]

Wow love it, I could spend a lifetime and never learn some of these tricks

[@Repairman10169]

😊

[@stevesmith756]

Thank you. I’ve struggled to do this correctly

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks 👍

[@WatchRichRebuildsChannel]

Thank you👍

[@Repairman10169]

Thx for watching !

[@tanglediver]

There MAY be flux inside the core of solder wire, BUT, you need to apply flux paste to the joint for BEST results, AND, always clean burnt flux OFF OF the solder joint once it has cooled. This has been a NASA Spec trained solderer, soldering tip PSA.

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for your feedback !

[@r6u356une56ney]

Not when soldering electronics.

[@1988Trinity]

Wir arbeiten bzw. löten nach; Das ist Norm, weltbekannt als DIN.

[@kbjerke]

Comment also approved by a certified aircraft electronics technician. Ignore the comment from r6u356une56ney.

[@dogwalker666]

@@r6u356une56neyyes when soldering electronics, Especially as modern components have Steel not copper leads, Oh and use 60/40 Tin Lead solder if you want good results.

[@olafpeter8625]

cool down the solder tip when pausing or preparing - thanks for this advice.

[@Repairman10169]

Yes ! thanks for feedback !

[@jimspc07]

Well done. one of the best soldering videos yet. KZbinrs must watch this most of you are mainly total rubbish when it comes to soldering, but they wont be watching as they think they are so good. They are not. If they were working for me on a bench they would not be. Dirty irons is the worst problem, old solder, incorrect temperature, heat soak, also. Some little things. Wipe the tip immediately before using. Not after, where it will sit and oxidise the tip. Oxidised tips do not transfer heat quickly. The heat should be applied quickly and not applied by a slow soak that a dirty or oxidised tip gives. Also put a little solder on the tip when turning the iron off. This will need a wipe off before the next job, but only when the iron is at working temperature. The flux is the bit that makes it work properly and flow, solder applied to the tip for to long prior to use will have the flux evaporated and will not flow leading to a soak heating and possible damage of the work as well as nasty stringing. Its all very simple once the routine is observed and followed and much quicker and cleaner solder jobs.

[@Repairman10169]

🙏👋

[@paulpugh2480]

Thank you for the video.

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching 👍👋

[@achernarscardozo69]

No se debe apoyar la punta del soldador en contacto con ningún disipador. Con eso estará fría en el momento de querer soldar. El soporte es sobre el cuerpo del soldador. Lo ideal es asegurar que los cables a soldar estén desoxidados (no con verdín del cobre humedecido) deben limpiarse con un paño y solvente (alcohol por ejemplo). La unión debe calentarse con el soldador y colocarle flux o resina a esta. Recién allí se aplicará estaño a la unión. Y sí, un poco de estaño en el soldador ayuda a transferir mejor el calor pero no debe fundir todo el estaño necesario para la unión sobre la punta.

[@bigbob7062]

Its solder not sodder its taken ten years to teach my son in law who is from Texas who married my daughter and now lives in Scotland after 10 years he now says solder. Best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Repairman10169]

😂😂 hi, yes i don´t know why that bad pronouncing. thx for watching !

[@SimpleInventor-k4i]

Your sharing is great, the soldering iron I used had a black tip, which made it impossible for me to use it anymore. I will apply your method

[@LiuDienNuoc2024]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@neomatrix3612]

thanks for the video. I'm an expert now.

[@mitchellschoenbrun]

I new that you were supposed to heat up the copper and have the solder flow into it, but it always took forever. Now I know what to do. Thanks.

[@Repairman10169]

Glad it helped !

[@txkflier]

I wouldn’t have used the green side of the sponge. Alligator clips can damage the insulation. Don’t use a pointed tip when soldering larger components. Pull the iron back when you quit applying solder. Don’t continue to heat the solder. I give this video a rating of 3 on a scale of 5.

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for the feedback !! I give your tips a rating 0f 3 out of 6.

[@goodun2974]

​@@Repairman10169, I've been soldering electronics for over 50 years and the person who begn this comment thread is correct. You can see the teeth marks in the insulation of the wire from the alligator clip and they only get worse when you solder the copper and the heat travels up the copper to soften the insulation. Also, The use of a heat sink to cool the tip down when you're not soldering means that you will have to hold the iron in your hand and let the tip come back up to temperature when you lift it out of the holder in order to solder something. It's better to use a solder station with adjustable temperature and you can just turn it down a little bit when you're not using the iron and then turn it back up to use it again.

[@goodun2974]

​​@@Repairman10169, ps, I see steam come off of the sponge the first time you touch the tip to it which means that the sponge is too wet. Sponges designed specifically for cleaning sottering tips are supposed to be made with materials that don't contain corrosive compounds such as sulfur or chlorine although if you buy soldering accessories from Amazon or directly from China you get what you get and it may not be high quality. I switched to using the brass wool tip cleaners a decade ago and I find them more effective than the sponge, and I've also seen manufacturers claim that the use of the sponge creates stress fractures in the plating on the tip and shortens tip life. I have also found that buying soldering tips from Amazon or flea Bay or China typically gets you tips that are made of iron or steel throughout from one end to the other and these will provide poor heat transfer. High quality tips should be made from copper that is plated at the pointy end with iron because iron will resist the dissolving effects of solder and flux much better than bare copper which is quickly oxidized and eaten away. If your tips are strongly magnetic throughout from one end to the other then they are likely made of iron or steel, not copper and will give poor performance. ( There's a video on my channel about using a magnet to separate good tips from bad tips). The rest of the tip body might be plated with Chrome or something similar that resists the application of solder. Finally I generally dislike the conical tips that are provided as "standard" with most soldering irons and usually upgrade them to a so-called "chisel" tip which is a bit of a misnomer because they're rounded and blunt.

[@goodun2974]

Heatshrink tubing placed over the toothed jaws of alligator clips will make it safer for holding wires that you are soldering together. Silicone tubing, or the woven fabric tubing that looks sort of like asbestos (it used to be known as Cambric tubing) is even better.

[@composimmonite3918]

Don't use any of the cheap, makeshift equipment in this video. Buy the proper tools!

[@juanpiq1]

Yo cambié después de muchos años usando la esponja, tras haberme comentado unos compañeros que era mucho mejor lo que llaman esponja de latón, que es como un estropajo metálico dentro de un contenedor de silicona. Hace 3 años que lo tengo y el soldador está como nuevo. Al ser un metal blando no daña la punta del soldador. De tanto en tanto saco el "estropajo metálico" para sacarle los restos de estaño que tiene y el que se ha acumulado en el fondo del contenedor. " Eso si compre uno de 12 € a pesar de encontrar en Aliexpres varios por 2 o 3 € para tener una garantía que el metal no dañase el soldador. Este es el que compré: Weller WLACCBSH-02

[@Camerounisme]

Merci beaucoup 👍🏻

[@Repairman10169]

👍🏻

[@BummedSupraDude]

Love the video, a lot of good info. Please correct me if I'm wrong, the use of a wet natural sponge with slots sliced in it for the tip to dip down into is the safest way to clean a soldering tip. The tip is coated with various metals, the sponge only removes the burned flux and solder. The pad shown is basically ScotchBrite not much different than sandpaper.

[@goodun2974]

Proper soldering-tip cleaning sponges from back in the day were made with materials that didn't contain sulfur or chlorine compounds which would hasten oxidation of the tip; but nowadays when people buy soldering accessories on the internet direct from China or who knows where, they're probably just ordinary kitchen sponges, and although damp kitchen sponges will "work" for cleaning soldering iron tips, they may not be ideal. I suppose you could clean the tip while it's cold with a dry scotch-brite pad, but if you keep the tip clean and tinned while you're using it it really shouldn't ever need to have anything even mildly abrasive used on it. I don't even remember this video telling people to *wet* the kitchen scrub-sponge first! I've also seen videos where people saturate the sponge with so much water that it emits puffs of steam when they touch the solar and iron to it which can create stress fractures in the iron plating on the tip, damaging it and shortening it's life. I rarely use the wet sponge anymore, preferring the brass wool tip cleaner. I have some videos on my channel about cleaning connections before soldering, separating good quality tips from poor quality or counterfeit tips (which are all too common on the internet), and a review/teardown of a $45 Harbor Freight soldering station and accessories (it's surprisingly good, way better than what I had to work with as an electronics-nerd teenager in the 1970s).

[@spongebobsquarepants2656]

I clean the tip often with heat resisistive cotton cloth. Then immediately applying the tin.

[@jimeckenrode1271]

I have never had that kind of luck soldering. Most of the time my soldering gun doesn't get hot enough and I have two supposedly good ones. thanks for the video.

[@ximodeuxesmachina6398]

muchas gracias .

[@Repairman10169]

Gracias por comentar

[@spendingquietly]

コテを上から当てるのではなく、横から当てるイメージの方が熱が伝わり易いよ。固体でも熱は「上から下へ」よりも「下から上へ」の方が伝わり易い。それに、フラックスは酸化銅も清浄してくれる可能性が有る。フラックスを塗って置くのも事前処理の一つ。酸化してても撚線はちゃんと撚り直してからはんだ付けする（ハンダ量フラックス量を減らす意味も有る）。線材と線材をはんだ付けする時は、解して一緒に寄り直してから作業する事もある。コテ先にハンダを盛ってピンセットの先でハンダを馴染ませるように擦る（こする）と、コテ先の酸化物が取れ易いよ。後は温度設定・実温度は作業前に確認するのをお勧めします。コテ先が酸化して熱が伝わりにくいのも判る。

[@Repairman10169]

👌🙏👋

[@happysawfish]

Oil from fingers does not help adhesion either. NASA standard soldering requires 99% alcohol cleaning wipe down I believe. Or similar. Sure does not hurt if the connection is super important. Also abrasion of the wires for adhesion helps a stronger bond, right?

[@achernarscardozo69]

Lo importante es la limpieza previa de los cables a soldar. Luego es muy importante usar fundente antes de aplicar estaño. NO se debe confundir la convección del calor en el aire con el calentamiento por contacto de dos metales que están en contacto. Aquí NO importa lo que es arriba o abajo.

[@umashikurumisawa4057]

チョー気持ちいい‪👍🏻 昔、ラジコンカーやってたから”モーターの配線(メッキハンダ)”しまくってました(*^^*)

[@toisaa]

@@achernarscardozo69 You are right. In the case of a soldering iron that generates a small amount of heat relative to the target, the position of the iron up or down can have an effect, but in that case, we should use a soldering iron that generates an appropriate amount of heat and prioritize ease of use.

[@AmazingSmart-ngth]

Every time I watch your videos, I'm inspired to scale new creative summits. Grateful for your inspiring productions!

[@Mprikiman]

Thank you old timer! The only part I disagree with is the wet sponge. I use preferably brass or copper wool :D

[@Repairman10169]

Yes brass wool is preferable.. thanks for watching !

[@jimpomeroy9338]

Thanks for the jazz!

[@Repairman10169]

😊

[@take5th]

The few times i tried to solder was in 1968. I didn’t know how to do it, no one was around to show me, and I failed by simply dripping the solder onto the connect wires. I haven’t tried since, but still watched this video to scratch that old itch.

[@Cynthia_Cantrell]

A couple drops of flux on the wire before soldering really helps spread the heat out and wet the copper. Touch the iron to it for a few seconds and then add the solder and it will wick up in the wire beautifully, rather than balling up on the iron. It will happen quickly and reduce the chance of melting insulation. Clean off the flux with some alcohol or acetone afterwards.

[@Repairman10169]

👌👍🙏👋

[@pullupterraine199]

Nice video. I just don't understand how my mobile phone and KZbin can predict these videos for me. I haven't soldered for a year, today I did. I just mentioned this once for my children. And voilà, Yt offers a video about it.

[@Repairman10169]

🙏🙏👋👋

[@1985230ce]

Your phone is listening to you. My iPhone doesn’t seem to do this. My S/O’s Android definitely listens.

[@gsegallis]

News flash... Modern soldering irons regulate the temperature so they don't overheat. Resting it on a heatsink just makes it use more power

[@goodun2974]

And if someone tries the heatsink "trick" shown here with a non temperature-regulated soldering iron, when you pick up the iron you'll have to wait longer for the tip to heat fully so that it can melt solder effectively.

[@Repairman10169]

Yes that´s true, thx for commenting !

[@frankdemarest2790]

Agreed. Also aluminum can contaminate solder resulting in a poor joint, another reason not to rest iron on aluminum.

[@EdWeibe]

just use a stand.

[@shadeofthenightttv3052]

​@@EdWeibe never seen a stand with a heat sink like shown in this Video though. With my stand, the tip of the soldering iron just floats in the air. Same for every other srna die saw in my life.

[@martinkidjoemueller]

...good to know 🤓 and the comments allso be helpful 😎 THX ...

[@Repairman10169]

👍🙏

[@andrewmurphy9292]

Fairly good tips. For high reliability joints the solder should not be allowed to wick up between the wire and insulation. A heat sink is not required on the tip for a good temperature regulated iron.

[@Repairman10169]

Right ! thx for commenting !

[@Thrunabulax10]

these are actually decent tips! the solder tip is usually a nickel plated steel, so aggressively wire brushing it or sanding it WILL remove the thin nickel layer, and make solder no longer stick to it!

[@Repairman10169]

👍

[@jackfarrell4727]

Thank you for the information

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching 👍👍

[@Omar-se7qz]

Thanks you 😅

[@Repairman10169]

Thanks for watching 👍👋

[@thersten]

WTF. I can't believe how long I've been doing it wrong. Thank you!

[@Schuetze90]

Vielen Dank. 👍 Jetzt weiß ich, dass bei meinen Lötarbeiten in der Vergangenheit so einiges falsch war 😂

[@Repairman10169]

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[@AR-ey1ur]

Not sure about the last one... generally the advice out there is that you should heat up the elements you want to join together and then apply solder, not the other way around.

[@Repairman10169]

Yes, thats correct. Thanks for watching 👍👋

[@Mike40M]

@@Repairman10169 Done fairly correct. Tip must be wet with tin to get heat transfer to the joint. Then solder applied to joint, not to tip. Maybe a little too much tin on the tip.

[@Papa_Kemsu]

Tuy nhìn thấy đơn giản nhưng lại có giá trị cao. Cảm ơn bạn nhiều❤

[@SamHome-e7j]

Great ideas, that is secret

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Add and flux pen to this and it's perfect. 👍

[@Repairman10169]

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[@LuciTulcea]

I did solder with 25 years old tin. It was kinda difficult but I did it eventually.

[@regisvoiclair]

Super, merci !

[@Repairman10169]

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[@James_Knott]

Do you remember Bob Laughton? I worked with him in the stock exchange, but also remember him occasionally on Nantucket Blvd, where the equipment shop was. Last I heard from him was when I was in Edmonton on a call, but that was around 45 years ago.

[@daleb5967]

How old are you? 70ish? Its great to see you enjoying your hobby and active with a youtube channel. Good job!

[@Repairman10169]

Hi.. well.. not that old but yep i enjoy the hooby . thanks for watching!!

[@geoffreydebrito2653]

Thank you.

[@Repairman10169]

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[@kaneworsnop1007]

There were a few issues with this video. Before soldering anything, you must first tin the wire, pins, ect. As it sounds you literally coat the wire ect in the layer of solder first, this helps to prevent dry joints and make soldering a lot easier. at 2:50 you twisted the strands of wire before tinning, never do this. It was a nice home made method for the cleaning sponge, although I can imagine it won't last long before melting, I don't know what the cost of the purpose designed ones are, but even if they're a little pricey the average person soldering at home won't wear them out in a few weeks like I do at work, so it would be worth the investment.

[@thelastgs-pian9965]

here iam a newbie always thinking why my 2 year old solder doesnt stick to my dull looking copper wire, thanks for clearing the doubts..

[@Repairman10169]

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[@TheCarlhungness]

Use a tinning block to clean the tip and it works perfectly. Have used the same block for over 20 years.

[@topcatandgang]

i use a wet sponge to clean off a flat tip, not a round tip. and i clean both sides at the same time otherwise one side will get black and ruin the connection. spending too much time heating the wire will in most cases melt the insulation also. i use a 50 watt iron for wires and a 40 watt iron for pc board hookups.

[@goodun2974]

If one practices good tip hygiene overall, and never lets the iron sit there hot for hours without a protective coating of solder on the tip, use of the tinning block will be far and few between. I've been soldering electronics for 55 years; even as a full-time audio-equipment bench tech I only used the tinning block a couple times a week, and that thing will probably still be useable long after I'm dead and gone. From what I have read the tinning blocks are made with ammonium chloride, which is a strong alkali, and over-use of it will actually shorten the life of the tips. (PS, I posted some videos on my channel about prior preparations for soldering, the importance of using high quality soldering tips and how to weed out the cheapos and counterfeits (which are everywhere on line nowadays), and a review/tear down of a $45 Harbor Freight soldering station that is a surprisingly good value for the money. )

[@goodun2974]

​​@@topcatandgang , I used the wet sponge technique for some 40 years but switched over to the brass wool over a decade ago and I prefer it to the sponge. The cooling effect of the sponge may create stress microfractures according to some manufacturers. The sponge in the video is emitting steam when the iron touches it,, indicating that it is definitely too wet!

[@1985230ce]

I’ve used a damp sponge for decades and never seen any problems. Wipe then dip into a tinning block keeps the tip nice and shiny.

[@Fabimartin1]

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[@andyowens5494]

One thing you did, but didn't say; wet the bit, but apply the solder to the workpiece, not the bit. A wet bit has a surface that allows heat transfer to the workpiece, but you want the solder (and flux) on the workpiece, not the bit - otherwise the flux erodes the bit faster (rather than eroding oxides on the workpiece, ensuring a strong bond between solder and workpiece(s))

[@Repairman10169]

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[@ThisOldMan-ya472]

Wet the bit? With solder, or water? Ambiguous statement. As this person showed, hang solder on the bit to boil the paste on the workpiece, then apply more solder to the heat transfer point. Do this even when using rosin core.

[@topcatandgang]

the best tips have a silver coating to keep the tip from oxidizing.

[@ThisOldMan-ya472]

@@topcatandgang That is something I never encountered, but since silver has a higher melting point, this sounds awesome.

[@goodun2974]

​@@topcatandgang, soldering iron tips are most definitely not plated with silver; they're plated with *iron*. Silver would quickly dissolve off of the tip and into the solder; iron will alloy with and "wet" to the solder sufficiently to enable a good heat transfer, but iron resists the dissolving effect of tin and flux. Good soldering iron tips are made of plated copper for efficient heat transfer, with iron plating at the pointy end and perhaps chrome or similar plating on the body of the tip so that solder will only wet to the business end of the tip. If your soldering tips are strongly magnetic from one end to the other then they're made of iron or steel and are of poor quality; there's a video on my channel about this.

[@spongebobsquarepants2656]

When turning off the soldering station, always clean the tip while hot as much as possible and apply the fresh tin on the whole tip. Let the tin cool down on the tip to keep it from oxidizing.

[@Repairman10169]

Great tip ! Thanks !

[@centaurus777]

Does listening to this background music make anyone else think the drinks will arrive at the table soon?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@WernerRobens]

Sehr informatives Video

[@johnkapel2128]

I basically had the same problem with my soldering iron. Last month when I was on my way to the store, my car died so I got my multimeter out and I checked the voltage on the battery and it was 9.7378 Volts so I thought “what the heck is going on with this battery”, the next thing I knew I seen some smoke coming from the tips of the battery terminals. I was suspicious on what was going on and I couldn't believe it because this battery was only barely 16 years old which I consider fairly new in today's society, so basically what I want to do is try to clean up the battery with some soap and salt solution and then I might put it on the charger for two or three minutes at a high current rate just to see if it will hold a charge. I'm not sure if that's going to help the battery or not but one thing's for certain before I go out and buy a new battery, I'm definitely going to try these two methods that I suggested. Now on the other hand I could swap the battery out with one from my 1962 Chevy Tahoe but I'm not sure that my old lady would let me do that, so basically what I need to do is first, I'm going to check all the air in the tires before I monkey around with the battery. Then I'm probably going to run a few errands around town down and the next thing I want to do is get some paint and paint the battery terminals because I don't think they look very good without the neon yellow color look on them. If all goes well, I am planning to do a few other things to the terminals. Next after that chore, is get some of that distilled water and pour on the outside of the battery to try to clean up a lot of the dirt and dust its accumulated over all these years. If I have time what I'll do after that it's try to clean both sides of the mirrors on my 1965 Ford Bronco because I've noticed while I was driving that it's hard to see what kind of traffic is coming up behind me. I was having a problem with the battery when I put the headlights on low beam and then when I tried to switch the high-beam I noticed that the voltage excursions were jumping around so I went out and I bought another set of test leads to use on my digital multimeter and there was no difference at all, so I think I may borrow my friend Tony Jones's multimeter just to check those voltage excursions to see if that is normal. Nobody really explained to me how to test a DC voltage excursions when the battery is not in its prime. I am all on my own doing this. A lot of people have contacting me and they said that they've had that problem once or twice and maybe even three times in their lifetime with their batteries but they did something totally different. What they did was loosen the terminals first then they carefully remove the battery and hoisted it out to get rid of all the debris and dirt that's accumulated after all these years then they put it on a slow charge which I believe they told me was 32 milliamps for 6 days, 3 hours and 54 seconds. Next they took the battery caps off and added some distilled water, which they claimed that they bought it at their local Walmart store. I think, if I can remember correctly, they said it was .99 cents plus the sales tax. Can you believe that just 99cents? That's a real good price for one full gallon of distilled water. Speaking of water, yesterday I helped my neighbor that lives to the right side of my house, fill their swimming pool for the new season. It literally took 7 hours to fill. I am not sure how many gallons it is. I have met people in my lifetime that had no idea that there were 4 quarts of water in a gallon jug. They just assumed it was a gallon only. I am not really good at math but I do have a calculator on my cell phone. Speaking of math, it takes me back to grade 11 in high school when my teacher, Mr. Lowry gave us a sneak quiz on algebra. I failed it because I didn't understand what that was all about. I spent most of my high school time stoned and kinda out of it. Some of my classmates were very good at math, and it even showed when they got their report cards. I may have gotten of the path of whatever we were initially talking about. I think it had something to do with blue cheese. No, I remember now, it was car batteries. I never could figure out why they put car batteries in the front of the vehicle and not inside the vehicle. It would be so much easier to work on them, especially in the rain, if they were inside the vehicle. Doesn't that make more sense to you too? Well anyhow, batteries are pretty heavy for their size and some people can't lift them very good. I had a fried, Tony Smith who had asthma and once he tried to lift out his car battery, and sneezed, and the battery fell out of his hands and landed on his right baby toe. It broke the small bones in that toe of his. I called his mothers step daughter Ann but she was not home. So I then called his brothers uncle Fred and told him about what just happened to Tony's toe. He seamed like he was drunk and started laughing at me and said “I don't care about that Bast#$ds toe”. I got mad and hung up on him immediately. From that day on, I never spoke to Tony's brother's uncle Fred. I never really liked him in the first place bacause when Tony and I were 13 years old, we were at a softball game and Fred walked over to us and farted right in our faces. That was not very nice of that old pervert. I heard some stories about him when he was about 20 years old that would make you cringe if you heard them, but I can't get into that right now because I have to finish up my posting here on you tube. I hope I have given you folks some good advice on having some of your problems solved in a timely manner. I like to help out when I can if it is at all possible. I am out for 3 more hours so I want to go now and get a hot dog and a bottle of grape soda. I need to look around for a ride so I can get back to my padded room at the Sinclair Insane Asylum. I hope Dr. Dilbert will not be mad at me for sneaking out....

[@Repairman10169]

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[@D.Dastardly]

Very interesting

[@Repairman10169]

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[@robballering3908]

Informatieve en duidelijke video met simpele middelen.

[@Repairman10169]

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[@Alex-Tips]

very good

[@chrisblenkinsopp8588]

Excellent...

[@Repairman10169]

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[@RwP223]

Get a real soldering iron or a quality butane iron (they heat up fast) and keep turning off the iron inbetween soldering. I have solder tips from 8 years ago now with quite a few solder joints. If you do this for a living high production, of course you have an iron that shuts off when you put it in the holder and they heat up quickly. I like using the brass cleaning nest, avoid dealing with water and sponges. I always have flux on hand too and always use leaded solder which meets my needs splicing wires. My preferred joint is to free hand a lap joint after tinning both ends of the wire, free hand baby.

[@tettazwo9865]

I am grateful that you didn't use a power tool for that one screw.

[@lokale-inboorlingen]

Like & greeting from jakarta

[@Repairman10169]

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[@ColinWatters]

2:06 Tip: Putting a little solder on the iron helps with heat transfer from the iron to the joint, but it has to be fresh solder as stated in the vid.

[@Repairman10169]

exactly great tip 👍 Thanks !

[@cdrikchp27]

Merci 👍🤪

[@Repairman10169]

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