Without flux in the solder to clean your surfaces, you would have a very hard time getting the solder to wet. Clean your iron using a brass sponge or a wet sponge to remove any oxidation or excess solder from the tip. Remember to always keep your tip clean while you’re soldering. A...
Lead-free solder is very similar to its leaded counterpart, except, as the name states, it contains no lead. Instead it is made up of mostly tin and other trace metals, such as silver and copper. This solder is usually marked with the RoHS symbol to let potential buyers know it conforms...
But trying to learn to solder when you're also trying to repair something is stressful. It's better to learn when it doesn't matter if you mess up and break something, than to try to learn with something you want to repair and not break any further. I first learned to sol...
How to identify and learn about antique lamps?Q. I recently decided to clean up an old lamp that was my grandmother's. I thought it was brass, but it seems to be copper under a brass finish. Was there a time when that was a thing? Should I be using something other than Brasso to...
Soft soldering is a technique used to join wires, fix electronic components onto circuit boards and bond copper pipes together. This tutorial shows you how to solder step by step.
Tip requires sanding as the solder alloys with the copper of the tip forming brass. Brass has different solderability (wettability + thermal conductivity) than original high copper tip. Section a tip and metallographically prepare and etch it and it is readily apparant we are dealing with two me...
Sweatsolderthe copper section of the fitting to the end of the copper pipe. Screw the brass and plastic sections of the fittings to the copper sections. Dry-fit the plastic pipe patch to make sure it fits properly. If you are using PVC, apply primer (see above). For all plastic pipes...
Jeep holding your soldering iron on the lead and copper pad and then touch the solder onto the joint. Make sure you prevent the solder from touching the iron tip directly. You want this joint to be very hot so that solder melts whenever it is touched. When the joint is very cold, this...
Then wax and polish the surface. Large blisters must usually be slit, because the veneer has swelled. With a sharp craft knife or single-edge razor blade, carefully cut the blister open down the middle, along the grain of the wood. Be careful not to cut into the base wood. Then cover...
That’s why proper treatment of electronic components and PCBs involves applying flux as well as solder. Preferably at the same time. The flux removes the contaminants and oxide layer, whereas the solder subsequently bonds to the clean copper surface to form a surface coating that’s resistant ...