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need help with soldering to gamepad!

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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.

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