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Pink_Floyd · 06-30-2009, 11:22 PM

+1 on putting solder on the iron tip, you must ALWAYS tin the solder tip. Every time I finish a joint I clean the tip and then re-tin it.

And you have to tin the wires otherwise you will not get a good flow of solder on the joint when you come to combine the wire with whatever you are soldering it to, be it a plug or something else.

I found that if I am building a patch cable and I do not tin the wire when I come to solder on the jack plug then the solder will not flow and set properly under the wires so you end up with a blob of solder on a wire that is not stuck to the jack.........

06-30-2009, 11:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
Pink_Floyd Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 623 Thanks: 19 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Well, it's official. I can't solder. +1 on putting solder on the iron tip, you must ALWAYS tin the solder tip. Every time I finish a joint I clean the tip and then re-tin it. And you have to tin the wires otherwise you will not get a good flow of solder on the joint when you come to combine the wire with whatever you are soldering it to, be it a plug or something else. I found that if I am building a patch cable and I do not tin the wire when I come to solder on the jack plug then the solder will not flow and set properly under the wires so you end up with a blob of solder on a wire that is not stuck to the jack.........