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| danny_galaga:
i cant remember what sort of equipment you have but these are the main things you should remember: 1) cheap is bad when it comes to irons. you can get away with it (like i do) once youve had some experience. in my case i was an apprentice and was soldering all sorts of things every working day. you can even get solder for aluminium! but that REALLY blows to try and solder. not very saisfactory... 2) if its not copper you are soldering, it has to be REALLY clean. eg, stainless steel, aluminium 3) unless you are doing something really dodgy, avoid acid flux. this is best used for things that need a flame, for instance silver soldering stainless steel. 4) what Krick says! ie: Just before touching the iron to the spot you're trying to solder, I find that if I touch the solder to the tip and remove it (creating a tiny spot of wet solder), then touch that wet spot to the joint, it helps the joint heat up much faster and I can feed more solder in almost immediately. I think the hardest part of soldering is doing it quickly enough that you don't melt wire insulation. |
| Orclord:
Have you tried "Tinning" the individual wires before joining them ? I always find this helps, plus if there is any crap on the wires you will notice it because the solder will not adhere properly. You can then deal with that on it's own, rather than trying to deal with that AND joining the wires. |
| bossyman15:
what about that new cold heat iron? https://www.asseenontvnetwork.com/vcc/coldheat/coldheat/products/121315/ i'm thinking about getting it some day it look very easy to use and safe too. anybody used that before? (not me) |
| mahuti:
I've used one... and MAN do those things suck. The tip broke after 10 minutes of use. |
| bossyman15:
really!? damn! what a rip off! |
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