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Originally posted by ReefEnabler
quick question though: I'm having a hard time getting excess solder off of my soldering iron tip after I tin it for cleaning. I wype it on the moist sponge thats part of my helping-hands, but the solder likes to cling to whatever part of the tip touched the sponge last..... I've been having to hold the sponge in my hand and fold it over the tip to get the solder off.
I know that's not the safest way, so what am I doing wrong that's making it so hard to clean off excess solder? Using a cheap 30w iron and rosin-core solder from radio shack....
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the soldering iron i have has the sponge but they had put slits in the sponge, so that when you pulled the tip thru the slits, it would take the solder of all sides of the iron's tip.