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I have learned that the hard way by using sand paper to sand off the burnt-on plastic from my tip Is there any good tips for cleaning off plastic from irons? At the moment i am using my x-acto blade to scrape off the plastic.
I just scrape it on a wet paper towel 'till I cant smell it anymore. (I need to get a fume extractor) still, I wish i didn't have a charred dent in my laptop cord.
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I have't checked lately (i.e. since the lead-free stuff came in) but they used to make a solder called "savbit" which already had copper dissolved in it. It didn't chew up copper bits as fast as regular solder.
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Joined: Tue Feb 19 2008, 04:37PM
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Plasmana wrote ...
Klugesmith wrote ...
To clean or modify such a tip using a file is asking for trouble.
I have learned that the hard way by using sand paper to sand off the burnt-on plastic from my tip Is there any good tips for cleaning off plastic from irons? At the moment i am using my x-acto blade to scrape off the plastic.
I have a small brass brush for cleaning caked-on crud from the Metcal bits I use. Only a couple of bucks and its softer than the bit, so doesn't damage it, but stiff enough to clean any crud.
Sulaiman wrote ...
I use this at work for soldering iron and de-soldering iron tips .... worth it. (Dip the hot tip in it for a plating of iron)
Snap. I use this too after using the above brush - very effective.
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Ok. I use a temperature regulator of a halogen lamp for a very good temperature regulation of my soldering iron.
The mystery is that cheap Russian soldering irons I had in Russia had unplated (?) copper tips that never disentigrated under any abuse. The oldschool ones that were inherited from the Soviet times. I also used lead and tin solder which seems to take less beat on the tip. Sounds like a conspiracy by the capitalists. :)
I think i will just buy some round 3/4 copper stock and shove it into my iron and forge the end to make a tip every time. Or take a piece of 1/4" sock to the lathe and drill a hole through the center to insert a skinny copper wire that will be sacrafitial.
I will switch into SMD electronics soon and I will use an electric frying pan to do my soldering.
Where is that "save a tip" solder sold at? (I am in the USA.)
Registered Member #2008
Joined: Tue Mar 03 2009, 05:11AM
Location: USA, Frederick, MD
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Ok. I use a temperature regulator of a halogen lamp for a very good temperature regulation of my soldering iron.
The mystery is that cheap Russian soldering irons I had in Russia had unplated (?) copper tips that never disentigrated under any abuse. The oldschool ones that were inherited from the Soviet times. I also used lead and tin solder which seems to take less beat on the tip. Sounds like a conspiracy by the capitalists. :)
I think i will just buy some round 3/4 copper stock and shove it into my iron and forge the end to make a tip every time. Or take a piece of 1/4" sock to the lathe and drill a hole through the center to insert a skinny copper wire that will be sacrafitial.
I will switch into SMD electronics soon and I will use an electric frying pan to do my soldering.
Where is that "save a tip" solder sold at? (I am in the USA.)
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