How To Change Tip Soldering Iron

Insert the Tip in Good Quality Tip Tinner.
How to change tip soldering iron. Turn the dial of the soldering iron to the lowest temperature. Always use a tip appropriate for the application you can use the advice in bold as a guideline. Damaging your iron is not only possible but easy when replacing the tips so procede with care.
I also have an Antex XS also 25W which is about 15 years old. If the solder doesnt melt turn the dial up by only one division and wait a minute. Unroll a portion of solder then roll the hot tip of the iron from the end of the solder until it does one complete turn on the solder.
If it doesnt you need to remove all solder and grind the tip again more thoroughly. Dry soldering tip cleaning processes are now used more frequently because of the advent of lead-free solder. Keep turning up the dial until you find the temperature at which the solder melts slowly.
The best tip tinner is your solder--tips should always be coated with a small amount of solder. The cheap things are also handy if you live in the boondocks and cant just buy a replacement tip at need. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip.
This should leave the tip of the iron with a layer of solder on it. I keep a 25mm half-chisel in one iron and a 15mm in the other for fine work. These are used to replace any damaged tips and each tip serves a different purpose.
Touch the solder to the tip. The solder melts and should stick at the tip. To prevent this you use solder to protect it.