If you use a soldering iron on a regular basis and find you have to replace the tips more often than you would like, here are some tips and tricks to make caring for them easier. Keep Your Supplies on ...

An expert shares her best tips for cleaning your iron with distilled water and vinegar, as well as what to avoid and how often to clean an iron.

Took a pair of pliers and tried to unscrew a heavily oxidized tip. FWIW, it's the Radio Shack 64-2055 iron. The tip snapped :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: What's left of the tip is completely ...

Give the iron a moment to heat up both of them. Then melt the solder on the component and, if needed the copper pad. Do not melt the solder on the tip of the iron.