Soldering woes!

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MrDEB

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I was soldering some SMD componets recently and the solder was balling up like gum. The solder has flux in it and have used same for numerious boards with no problems. I use a Quick Chip soldering flux.
I inserted a new Hakko tip and adjusted the temp using a Hakko temp meter and all is good.
Soldering has greatly improved since a new tip was used. I guess tips can go south as well.
 
I have 8 years old a tip, its not good as new but i can solder what ever i wants... Just clean tip, before soldering... But i use only 1206 SMD parts if its possible.
 
MrDEB said:
I inserted a new Hakko tip and adjusted the temp using a Hakko temp meter and all is good.
Soldering has greatly improved since a new tip was used. I guess tips can go south as well.
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The steel plated ones can hollow out once the plating wears through.

Solder dissolves copper slightly and it gradually just erodes the inside copper away once it can get inside, leaving an empty area that does not conduct heat well.
 
I use a metal scrubing wad that came with the iron. I recently purchased some tinning compound along with the tip.
It cleans the tip very well. I wonder if using flux degrades the tip coating?
 
using solder w/ inner core of flux and CHIP QUICK flux from syringe. ALSO TRIED LIQUID FLUX BUT LIKE THE JELLY BETTER.
 
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