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XC3754 Soldering Guide
When preparing the iron, and it is
sufficiently hot enough to melt
solder, you want to touch the solder
onto the iron itself, so that the
solder and flux
(a component of the
solder responsible for keeping the
joint clean and flowy)
cleans any
rust or dirt off the tip of the iron.
When the solder is on the iron, you
need to remove it so you are left
with a simple clean and shiny
soldering iron tip.
You can either
wipe
onto a damp
sponge or rag, or
stab
into some
copper scourers to remove the
solder. Once it has been tinned,
you can often just clean the tip
while you’re soldering to keep it in
good order
(do not use plastic
sponges, as they will melt. A
sponge like what’s on the TS1502
will do, or pictured: our soldering tip
cleaner TS1510, which comes with
two scourers and will last for a few years, we use this almost daily.)
Once the legs are snipped, you can apply some solder to the joint. Read on in the next
section for how.
