How To Remove Oxidation From Soldering Iron

Last but not least tinning your iron.

How to remove oxidation from soldering iron. There are a few different ways to clean soldering iron. You should wipe all surfaces of the iron tip. Answer 1 of 2.

Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron. Heat your soldering iron up to the low end of a typical work range generally between 280 and 320C. Turn the solder pot on and allow it to achieve the desired temperature.

The best way is to prevent the soldering iron tip from oxidizing. Using a specially designed cleaner or brass to clean the soldering irons tip. For most tip wiping I use a damp cellulose sponge with slits cut in it.

Repeat the steps above until the tip is clean. Since oxidation occurs through a chemical process you can use another chemical process to remove it. Tip Tinner copper is used to deoxidize and clean your soldering iron tip so that the solder can stick to the iron again.

Keeping the tip of your soldering iron coated in a thin layer of solder and applying solder to a clean tip before shutting off your iron will help prevent oxidation from occurring since the solder itself is resistant to oxidative and corrosive effects. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip. Set the temperature of the soldering iron between 250C and 300C.

Leave it there until the paste melts around the tip. Apply the flux cored solder wire used in the assembly process onto the oxidized surface. The cleaning tool will begin to remove the oxidation.