Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solder....again.....

[Thomas Beaudry]

>> I would add as my own tip - do not use a sponge to clean your iron's 
>> tip.
>> Firstly it's messy and I find actually a pain to get the tip clean and
>> second it cools the iron. Instead invest in a metal cleaner - 
>> basically a
>> little pot with what looks like a brass brillo pad in it. Stick tip 
>> in, pull
>> tip out - perfectly clean tip. Makes tinning the tip extra easy - 
>> metal a
>> blob of solder on the tip, stick it into the brillo pad, pull it out 
>> and
>> voila a perfectly tinned tip.
>
> I haven't come across these before Edward;  do they have a trade name 
> that I can look for?

Mine is a Xytronic Tip Cleaner 460 that I purchased from 
web-tronics.com.

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Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
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