Dampen a sponge with water. Then heat up the soldering gun and wipe off the tip with the sponge. Apply tip tinner to prevent oxidation. Once the tip is bright and shiny, it's ready for soldering.

You just use a heat gun, which you’d use anyway for the heat shrink tubing. Compared to crimp connectors, solder seal connectors are watertight, create a much stronger connection that can’t be ...

Unlike a standard soldering iron, this soldering gun is intended for heavy-duty needs. Owing to this, the Weller gun has a maximum power rating of 260W, which allows it to achieve temperatures of ...

May 30, 2012 Modder Mike Warren has given meaning to the term "soldering gun," by combining a battery-operated soldering iron with an old air pistol to make a cool hand-held heat weapon View 8 Images ...

Electric heat guns, most often used by professional mechanics, are becoming increasingly popular with do-it-yourselfers. Black & Decker and Wagner Spray Tech make improved versions you can buy in ...

A Hack a Day reader needed a tool to solder a lot of SMD parts, so he built a DIY heat gun, and we’re impressed with the results. After trawling the internet looking for ideas for his heat gun ...

Runaway heat can eat up your soldering tips and end their life prematurely. A proper soldering station is a lifetime investment. Buy once and use forever! For decades, Weller has been the standard for ...

Let us know what works best for you. The next trick is to add some heat exchanging material to the tip of the iron. Cut off a length of de-soldering braid or get a small bunch of steel wool.