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Reddit mentions of Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner (Black)
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 5
We found 5 Reddit mentions of Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner (Black). Here are the top ones.
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- Best Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner and Base Holder.
- No Water Required, Not Reduce The Tip Temperature.
- Made From Brass Wire, Cleans Better Than Conventional Sponges.
- Safe and Clean to Use.
- Brass Wire Refills are Available Separately to Buy Except Base Holder.
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 4.5 Inches |
| Length | 5.8 Inches |
| Size | Pocket Size |
| Width | 1.4 Inches |
I'm mainly making things that work over wifi, lots of of sensors, dedicated RF gateways, LED lighting, relay controllers, little screens.
Decent volt meter
Decent Soldering Iron
Home Made soldering stand made with these
Flux, Soldering Iron Tip cleaner Don't use water on your soldering iron.
Component Boxes. I use the Stanley Fatman
Component Drawers for small components and "stuff" like resistors , solid state relays, solder bits, sensors, LEDs etc. These sit on a shelf above my desk for easy access.
CPU Component Box with loads of ESP32, Wemos D1 Mini and Mini Pro (long range garden work), Leftover Raspberry Pis from realising that 99% of what I want to do will work on an ESP (wemos) platform.
A Stack of project boxes bought on clearance including a load of waterproof ones.
Stacks of LED strips, RGB, RGBW, White tuneable etc.
Heatshrink, Tapes, Glues, zip ties ( got a set of sizes in a 1000 pack for something like £10, Epoxy, solvents, respirators, safety goggles, a range of protective gloves.
Storage crate of Epoxy handling and mixing kit.
Reels of cabling mounted under the shelf in front of me.
Huge box of half finished projects that got too complicated.
Stack of breadboards.
Dupont cable maker kit
Various biscuit tins full of dupont cables
Dremel
Enough "Big Tools" to build a house.
Load of 24v - step down regulators, load of pwm controllers.
A0 cutting matt
Soldering Project mat that has raised sections to hold components.
Magnifying Headset
USB Phone flexible borescope thing
About 2,000 lumens of adjustable lighting on my hobby desk.
A separate DIY 2,000 Lumens "Work Lamp"
All lighting under control of Alexa.
Since shipping is usually more than the component costs, buying in bulk makes sense, when you have organised storage.
I can build literally anything I need in a few hours including modify my code base that auto discovers in home assistant through mqtt + device based web interface and rest API.
Same as what /u/roto314 said. That looks normal to me. Maybe you just wore off the coating. 400C is pretty high, running that all the time could explain it. I leave mine set at 350C except in extreme cases.
You usually do have to clean the tip (at least wipe it off) pretty often, like every two or three joints (especially if you let it sit a while running while you get the parts in place.) Get one of those metal sponge things
https://www.amazon.com/Soldering-Iron-Tip-Cleaner-Black/dp/B00J66FSY2 melt some solder on the tip and poke it in there to maintain a shiny fresh surface.
You can get this kit: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Vastar-110v-Soldering-Iron/dp/B01712N5C4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453950083&sr=8-2&keywords=soldering+kit+with+temperature+control
I'd recommend picking up a brass wire sponge to keep the tip clean: http://www.amazon.com/Soldering-Iron-Tip-Cleaner-Black/dp/B00J66FSY2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1453950265&sr=8-7&keywords=soldering+brass+wire+sponge
For future use, get something like this to clean the tip and not a wet sponge. That way you don't have to wait for the tip to get hot again and you are less likely to get those little beads of solder flying around.
either this product or just use the sponge that comes with it. The sponge isn't very good for the soldering iron tip. I'd recommend the tip cleaner.