need help with soldering to gamepad!

[D4RKSL4Y3R]

hi, iam making a arcade stick for my xbox 360, iam onto the soldering of the PCB but i cant get the solder to stick. i have herd that you have to scrap away the rubber from the solder points- is this true? also does any one have any tips for soldering onto PCbs?

i have attached a pic of the solder points

thanks

[kiddk1]

follow these eight steps
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-solder/

[D4RKSL4Y3R]

thanks|!

[Timoe]

You need to carefully scrape off the black stuff until you see shiny copper.  Then clean the area with rubbing alcohol.

You can use a wire wheel on you dremel or very carefully,  a tiny flat head screw driver.