How to Solder : Heating & Applying Solder

How to heat up solder and apply it to whatever you're soldering; get expert tips and advice from an expert on how to solder electronic equipment in this free instructional video.

Expert: Jeff Naylor
Contact: www.Mtroniks.com
Bio: Jeff Naylor is the owner and operator of Mtroniks Engineering in Mesa, Arizona.
Filmmaker: Eric George

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• how
• solder
• soldering
• irons
• copper
• silver
• pipes
• techniques
• tips
• supplies
• metal
• melting

[dwarrren9]

"Heres a hot soldering tip for you, dont touch it!"

lol

[AtariAndre42]

Ineed, totally agreed, way too long heating ! Plus TOO much solder.

[ASDFJKL123548]

Loooool impurities...youre soldering a wire, not performing an exorcism bro...

[WeGoSkate]

Whats up Ryan Dunn

[Nadrealis]

cold joints

[artifactingreality]

make sure to hold your iron on the pad for at least 20 minutes to boil away the impurities.

[vinnnnnnnnyyyyyyyy]

ive been soldering for like 4 months now, if you are trying to get good soldering tutorials go to ether, Curiousinventor, or soldering geek... there not my youtube acounts they just have good tutorials

[bluejay148]

good soldering instruction i like that idea its alot easier

[McGuywer]

That board is roast.

[ZdenekJindra]

@diesalweasel It is true that the mixing of different kinds of solder makes them harder to melt, but soft solder is added for heat transfer anyway. Your soldering iron is too weak, I'd recommend 100W at least. These multi-layer PCBs are hard to heat and you want to do the job ASAP before anything takes damage.

[diesalweasel]

@ZdenekJindra can i ask queston .i do dc jack on a laptop i find it difficould to penatrate the old solder and when i add your every day solder it tends to mix with the old solder and makes it stronger and harder to remove .am i doing something wrong .am i right thinking thay use silver solder i heard that hard solder is that true and your normal every day is soft solder .i have a antex xs 25watt soldering iron nealey new .i'v asked you because you got experience

regards jamie

[jellogarden]

My god the shit that comes out of expertvillage. Look: heat for too long, too much solder, and shiny does not necessarily mean a good joint. Tin the tip before you replace it. And tin the tip before you begin soldering, thanks for not showing us that crucial step. And that wasn't impurities you saw boiling off, that was flux.

No flux = oxidation, and oxidation means the solder won't adhere to the joint.

Bottom line, if you're new to soldering stay the hell away from these vids.