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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
i found this on the ERSA website...
apparently it's not for stained glass production, but general info for all soldering irons... i've always been told to NEVER use flux core solder...but i think that only refers to glass work.. does this info help to maintain the quality of your soldering iron's tip? what do you think? there's a picture on their website as well: http://www.sell-it-easy.de/shop_e/qu... =386826c80777 Provided that the ERSADUR soldering tips are properly cared for, tip life can be extended. The following steps should be taken: ERSADUR tips should always be coated with solder. Without this coat, they become passive and will no longer accept solder. In this case, the tip can be reactivated with flux and solder. To do this, wrap flux core solder around the soldering tip and heat the iron. In addition to this, the hot tip should be cleaned regularly with a moist sponge. Spare sponges are available in specialized trade. arlene |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
Soldering iron tips should be kept cleaned and tinned. Regularly wiping them off with a wet sponge or damp cloth will keep them clean. Although some recommend against it, we routinely clean our tips by dipping them into liquid flux while we're working. When you finish soldering, clean the tip, then coat it with solder. Doing this instead of just turning off the iron will extend the life of your tips. |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
wrote in message ups.com... i found this on the ERSA website... apparently it's not for stained glass production, but general info for all soldering irons... i've always been told to NEVER use flux core solder...but i think that only refers to glass work.. does this info help to maintain the quality of your soldering iron's tip? what do you think? Flux, or worse yet rosin core solder is nasty stuff and should be avoided. We use the mildest water soluble flux we can get. Unless your tip is solid copper, it's only thinly plated. NEVER use anything caustic on it. Once the plating is corroded the tip is garbage. Despite what any manufacturer tells you, most original tips will never need to be replaced. The iron will be dead before the tip goes. IMHO -- JK Sinrod www.sinrodstudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
"JK@work" wrote in message news:LTEjg.15191$OQ2.5599@trndny08... Despite what any manufacturer tells you, most original tips will never need to be replaced. The iron will be dead before the tip goes. IMHO Unless, of course, it is a 900F tip, then all bets are off. ;) |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
Moonraker wrote: "JK@work" wrote in message news:LTEjg.15191$OQ2.5599@trndny08... Despite what any manufacturer tells you, most original tips will never need to be replaced. The iron will be dead before the tip goes. IMHO Unless, of course, it is a 900F tip, then all bets are off. ;) If used daily, a 900 Weller tip will only last a few months. Regularly replacing them is a small price to pay for the huge time savings. I figure an 800 tip solders at twice the speed of a 700, and a 900 at twice that speed. Some artisans don't care how long a job takes - others like to expedite the work to accelerate the income. |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
" Flux, or worse yet rosin core solder is nasty stuff and should be
avoided." -- JK Sinrod www.sinrodstudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories I clean and cool the tips with a dip of rosin and solder. Been doing over 20 years, I've seen no problems. Rosin was a common stained glass flux. A number of windows (100+years old) I've restored still had rosin residue between the leads, with no bad effect. The problem with rosin, as I see it, is that it is hard to clean and a bit messy to work with. Vic |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
ya and I s'pose you can solder 24 inches in two seconds. an 800 degree
tip won't let you solder twice as fast anymore than a 900 will allow you to solder twice as fast as an 800. aren't you s'posed to be packing a cargo ship with a couple hundred cases of glass? Scratch wrote: Moonraker wrote: "JK@work" wrote in message news:LTEjg.15191$OQ2.5599@trndny08... Despite what any manufacturer tells you, most original tips will never need to be replaced. The iron will be dead before the tip goes. IMHO Unless, of course, it is a 900F tip, then all bets are off. ;) If used daily, a 900 Weller tip will only last a few months. Regularly replacing them is a small price to pay for the huge time savings. I figure an 800 tip solders at twice the speed of a 700, and a 900 at twice that speed. Some artisans don't care how long a job takes - others like to expedite the work to accelerate the income. |
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what do you think of this advice about soldering iron tips?
You got it started when you said that an 800 tip would solder twice as
fast as a 700. You can't prove that in the least. So now I s'pose that when you are soldering 12" a second with that 700 degree tip on that Weller that you say you don't use or promote and then you put the 800 in there...well now, you're going to solder 24" in a second. Dunno Dennis....if it looks like smoke and smells fishy.... wrote: Are you naive enough to believe a 700 tip can do the job as quickly as an 800 or 900 - or are you just incapable of learning to solder at higher speed? Dennis Brady Victorian Art Glass - http://www.victorianartglass.biz DeBrady Glass - http://debrady.com Glass Campus - http://glasscampus.com |
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