I asked a question a couple of days ago about soldering small smt components. Kaimartin posted a video of someone soldering smt components [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQXhny3R7lk In the video the tip to the soldering iron is a shiny silver and you can see that the solder sticks to the tip.
Now before being disabled, almost 20 years ago, I never really soldered many things and now I'm having aides do it so it's pretty much the blind leading the blind. I have a new tip to my iron and it has turned black and more or less reples the solder. The solder just beads up on the tip and drops off. I'm sure we didn't condition the tip right but what's going on when it's black and repels the solder? Is the temp too high? How can I get it to that shiny silver solder sticking to it condition? Thanks References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQXhny3R7lk
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