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Re: World's Worst Soldering!

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John Robertson wrote
>I use the brass scrubbers too, and my tips last far longer than with the 
>original sponge, get a couple of years of daily use out of a tip...it 
>seems to clean off the oxides and flux residuals better than a sponge.

I do not use metcal, but have a really nice temperature controlled iron, has even auto-shutoff,
sop you can forget to switch it off (very green ;-) )
Long ago I figured the sponges damaged my tips.
One day in a Tek factory I came across an assembly person who cleaned the tips by rubbing those over:
 A big blob of solder.

Fascinating, did some experiments myself, that works!
tips last forever.
These days I clean the tips after every solder action with:
 A napkin.
Same tips in use for 10? years, still OK, 
 http://panteltje.com/pub/soldering_iron_tip_cleaning_IMG_6610.JPG
  on the napkin you see what comes off ..
  the 'sponge' is dry and has a thick solder coating to rub the tips on.
 http://panteltje.com/pub/solder_tips_IMG_6612.JPG
The right hand one is my favorite one,
too pointy and thin is bad heat transfer,
too long is also bad heat transfer.

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World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 16:08 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! djlocher56@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 10:25 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 11:15 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 10:36 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 11:58 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 13:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 20:36 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 15:46 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 13:41 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! jurb6006@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 22:56 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2018-10-08 10:01 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:09 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:06 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:44 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:30 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:55 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 21:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 02:20 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:57 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Steff <e-post.nu@gmx.com> - 2018-10-07 19:56 +0200
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! mpm <mpmillard@aol.com> - 2018-10-07 11:19 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 18:58 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2018-10-08 01:00 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:36 -0400
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 21:36 -0400
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 19:34 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 22:58 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 20:59 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 22:53 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:08 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 08:26 -0700
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 11:45 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 07:42 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-08 02:13 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:39 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 22:33 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:12 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 15:01 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:45 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:47 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Boris Mohar <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-08 04:36 -0400
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 08:59 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 10:01 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 18:18 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:58 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 11:08 +0200
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:49 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 13:05 +0200
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