Re: How to stop soldering iron tips from rusting?
From: Glenn Gundlach (stratus46_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/12/04
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Date: 12 Aug 2004 10:39:13 -0700
"Joe" <Joe@home.net> wrote in message news:<cffgdi$4v7$1@news.wplus.net>...
> "Travers Waker" <nospam@fake.com> wrote in message
> news:cffa11$evn$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> > Hi.
> >
> > My soldering iron (Antex CS 18W) tips seem to get rusted and pitted after
> a
> > while. Any (sensible) suggestions on how to stop this from happening?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Travers
> >
> Hi Travers,
> You need to keep the tips tinned and reduce the time the iron sits without
> being used.
> >
My Weller and Metcal irons have a 'wet sponge' to clean the tip. I
keep the sponges clean and very wet. Most people use the iron, wipe it
on the sponge and put it back in the holder. I was told many years ago
this is backwards. I wipe, tin, solder, add a bit more solder to the
tip and put it back in the stand. The idea 1s that the solder will
oxidize while its protecting the tip. Having built a few large
projects, I have logged about 15000 connections with a single Weller
tip. My $0.02
GG
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