24 Jan
2017
24 Jan
'17
11:52 p.m.
On 01/24/2017 12:03 PM, Todd George via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Keep your soldering tip clean, I highly recommend the soldering tip cleaners and the brass "brillo pad" style cleaners. Don't use a wet sponge, too much thermal shock and then delay while your iron recovers. And the brass cleaners do a REALLY nice job.
Be careful here; this is highly iron-dependent advice. The brass cleaners destroy the plating on some types of tips after extended use, and a good iron will have zero recovery time with a wet sponge, or at least less time than it takes to move it back from the sponge to the board. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA