throbscottle
Well-Known Member
Holding parts to the board whilst you solder - just bend the leads outwards (or inwards if it suits you) a little bit so they grip the part in place. Very rare for this to not work.
Something I've found to be of enormous help recently is liquid flux - just cheap stuff in a bottle, nothing fancy. A little drop of that on the joint before soldering is marvellous.
Going back to when I was taught to solder, I was taught to clean the pads so they are shiny, and clean the component lead by scraping it, so it's shiny. Most of the time though this isn't necessary, but it may help you.
Those battery clips are probably difficult to solder anyway due to their plating.
Something I've found to be of enormous help recently is liquid flux - just cheap stuff in a bottle, nothing fancy. A little drop of that on the joint before soldering is marvellous.
Going back to when I was taught to solder, I was taught to clean the pads so they are shiny, and clean the component lead by scraping it, so it's shiny. Most of the time though this isn't necessary, but it may help you.
Those battery clips are probably difficult to solder anyway due to their plating.