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English: Some tools for cleaning a soldering iron tip, including paste flux (in tube at bottom center), a wood block on which to place a small amount of flux, a Scotch Brite padded sponge, and of course the soldering iron itself
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To tin a soldering iron after cleaning the tip, first flux from the tube (bottom center) is squeezed onto the wood block (bottom right) to isolate a small amount from the main supply. The iron (top center) is rubbed on the wood block and flux as it is heated until the flux melts. As soon as the flux melts, rosin core solder is touched to the hot iron tip, and rubbed all about the tip as soon as the solder melts. When the tip is cleaned with abrasives such as sandpaper, the bare metal of the tip is exposed to the air. When the tip is then heated, the air reacts with the metal of the tip which can damage the tip and create oxides that will contaminate the solder. To minimize this, It is desirable to coat the tip completely with solder as soon as the tip is hot enough to melt the solder. The solder will react with air less than the base metal of the tip.

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