Questions & Answers for: Weller i want to get my tin

tinning tips Hi. What is the best method to tin the tips of these irons(sp175) before their first use? thanks Flux the tip, heat the iron, apply solder all over the tip and wipe, while hot, the solder

I mistakenly left my spg 80L plugged in over night. I now find it difficult to melt the solder I've been using and switched to one with a lower melting point. Did I damage the iron by leaving it ...

it is not melting the solder. do you have to use flux, like sweating copper? If so, can I use the same kind of flux for this application? No flux, just make sure the element is heating up enough. Also

we can't keep the tip tinned, what do we need to do? Clean the end of the tip with a smooth file down to bear metal heat it up and retin the end with fresh solder. Are you using multicore solder with ...

...are the tip fastening nuts, and the tip itself. The tip eventually needs sanding and immediate retinning, Clean with damp rag during and after each soldering event, and heavily re tin at end of ...

sticking out sideways. Be sure to make the upper and lower bends in the same direction. Be sure to tin the new tip with solder when you first heat the tip. Hope this helps

...soldering. You heat the joint with the soldering tip and apply a little of the solder. One should "tin" or wet the tip before using by applying flux to the tip and melting a little solder on it. ...

iron does not get hot enough melt solder. it used to. can I fix it? try reshaping the tip to a dull point with a file or grinder. Then heat it up and apply solder onto the bare copper tip coating it ...

...gun is over 30 years old. Lately, the tips erode, then burn through is a very short time. I tin the tips regularly. The gun's case has been broken & repaired several times & I ...

...soldering gun for making and repairing jewelry? Unless you are only interested in soldering tin/lead joints... I sincerely believe that answer to be "No"... What kind of metals were you ...