| | [* black] As you're soldering, you should be regularly wiping off the hot iron tip with a brass cleaning ball or a sponge damp with deionized water. |
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| | [* black] Brass ball: |
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| | [* black] Sponge: |
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| | [* black] [shot one: Shot of slightly dirty tip about to enter brass ball. Shot two: tighter shot of the tip in the brass ball. Shot three: tip pulled out of the brass ball. |
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| | [* black] After wiping the tip clean, be sure to tin the tip either with solder or tip tinner; while, soldering, you should always have a layer of solder covering the working surface. |
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| | [* icon_note] We'll go over tinning the tip in a bit. |
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